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Economic and Political Institutions and Development

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Editors:
  1. Joshua C. Hall

    1. Department of Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

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  2. Sara Harper

    1. West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

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  • Discusses the role of economic and political institutions in economic development

  • Employs diverse methodological approaches from case studies to spatial econometrics

  • Analyzes specific economic development programs as well as broad trends in institutions

  • Adds to the growing body of literature on institutions and economic freedom in economic development

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The Dictator’s Knowledge Problem

    • Charity-Joy Acchiardo
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Economic Reconstruction of Iraq

    • Christopher J. Coyne, Rachel Coyne
    Pages 21-40

  4. Foreign Intervention and Global Public Bads

    • Christopher J. Coyne, Matt E. Ryan
    Pages 41-59

  5. Property Rights and Economic Development: The Case of Sub-Saharan African Countries

    • Julie Lohi
    Pages 61-74

  6. Oil and Economic Development in the MENA Region: Why Institutions Matter

    • Mohammed Akacem
    Pages 75-90

  7. Do Remittances Promote Financial Inclusion?

    • Durga P. Gautam
    Pages 91-108

  8. The Impact of Democracy on the Transition Through the Middle Income Range

    • Whitney Buser, Joseph Connors
    Pages 109-118

  9. Religion and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Unbundling Religious Institutions

    • Amanda Mandzik, Andrew T. Young
    Pages 119-143

  10. Spatial Spillover Effects of Debt Relief from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative

    • Joshua C. Hall, Serkan Karadas, Minh Tam Schlosky
    Pages 145-166

  11. Reducing the Impact of Ethnic Tensions on Economic Growth: Economic or Political Institutions?

    • Atin Basu Choudhary, Michael Reksulak
    Pages 167-182
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This book focuses on the role of economic and political institutions in economic development. The book offers fresh perspectives on the issues facing less-developed countries and the elements influencing their outcomes. The text includes chapters on democracy, property rights, and economic freedom, and uses diverse methodology such as case studies, spacial econometrics, and cross-country analysis.  The volume features the work of prominent scholars in the area of institutional analysis such as Mohammed Akacem, Christopher Coyne, and Andrew Young as well as a number of junior scholars. This book will be useful for researchers and students interested in economic development and institutional analysis in general, in addition to individuals with a specific focus on countries or regions such as Iraq or sub-Saharan Africa.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

    Joshua C. Hall

  • West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

    Sara Harper

About the editors

Joshua C. Hall is an associate professor of economics at West Virginia University and Director of the Center for Free Enterprise within the College of Business and Economics. He earned his bachelor and master degrees in economics from Ohio University and his Ph.D. from West Virginia University in 2007. Prior to returning to his alma mater, he was the Elbert H. Neese, Jr. Professor of Economics at Beloit College and an Economist with the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. Hall is a past President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education. In addition to being a co-author on the widely-cited Economic Freedom of the World annual report, he is author of over 100 academic journal articles.

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