TY - BOOK AU - Garside,W.R. TI - Institutions and market economies: the political economy of growth and development SN - 1403987580 AV - HB99.5 .I5862 2007 U1 - 330.122 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Institutional economics KW - Capitalism KW - Democratization KW - Economic development N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Average standards of living in the richest countries in the world are more than a hundred times greater than those in the poorest countries. Recent literarure has started to look for the more fundamental determinants of capital accumulation and innovation, hence long-term growth and development, to help explain this phenomenon. This volume is a timely reminder of the relationship between institutions, institutional change and economic development. Enriching contemporary debates with a mixture of empirical, historical and methodologcal approaches, this book explores the significance of instituions."--Publisher description UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007038717-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007038717-b.html ER -