Institutions and Comparative Economic Development

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Five Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China, Japan, and Korea....Pages 13-47
Social Organizations, Risk-sharing Institutions, and Economic Development....Pages 48-63
Before and Beyond Divergence: A New Look at the Economic History of China and Europe....Pages 64-77
Political Institutions and Long-run Economic Trajectory: Some Lessons from Two Millennia of Chinese Civilization....Pages 78-98
Political Consequences of the Middle East’s Islamic Economic Legacy....Pages 99-115
Separation of Powers and the Medieval Roots of Institutional Divergence between Europe and the Islamic Middle East....Pages 116-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Sharing the Future: Financial Innovation and Innovators in Solving the Political Economy Challenges of Development....Pages 131-151
The Evolution of Domestic Trade Flows When Foreign Trade Is Liberalized: Evidence from the Chinese Maritime Customs Service....Pages 152-172
Physical, Social, and Informational Barriers to Domestic Migration in India....Pages 173-183
Why Development Patterns Differ: The Czech and Serbian Cases Compared....Pages 184-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Understanding the Individualism-Collectivism Cleavage and Its Effects: Lessons from Cultural Psychology....Pages 213-236
Developmental ‘Paths’ and ‘Civilizations’ in Africa and Asia: Reflections on Strategies for Integrating Cultural and Material Explanations of Differential Long-term Economic Performance....Pages 237-253
Making Sense of Institutional Change in China: The Cultural Dimension of Economic Growth and Modernization....Pages 254-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Structural Transformation, Small Farmers, and Food Security in Asia....Pages 281-297
Food Security, Commodity Price Volatility, and the Poor....Pages 298-312
Supply Response to Food Price Changes in Asian Countries....Pages 313-331
Back Matter....Pages 333-345