Throughout most of the fifties and sixties many latin american governments adopted Import
Substitution Industrialization (ISI) as their principal method to achieve economic growth and …

What patterns can be discerned in the distribution of farm sizes across countries and over
time? How does the behavior of individual economic agents interact with the natural …

The two great financial crises of the past century are the Great Depression of the 1930s and
the Great Recession, which began in 2008. Both occurred against the backdrop of sharp …

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy.
Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate …

Stephens sCapitalist Development and Democracyin: 992 was an intellectual milestone, for
this book rep-esents some ofthe finest thinking ever conducted con: erning the reasons for …

After World War II a select number of countries outside Japan and the West--those that Alice
Amsden calls" the rest"--gained market share in modern industries and altered global …

Countries that have pursued distortionary macroeconomic policies, including high inflation,
large budget deficits and misaligned exchange rates, appear to have suffered more …

This book covers the economic history of Latin America from independence in the 1820s to
the present. It stresses the differences between Latin American countries while recognizing …

Economists have always expected the" 4convergence" of national productivity levels. The
theoretical logic behind this belief is powerful. The per capita income edge of the West is …

This book presents an economic history of international capital mobility in the modern era. It
blends narrative and quantitative methods and connects economic outcomes to the …