Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics

1 Introduction to the Palgrave Handbook of Comparative



Economics



Elodie Douarin and Oleh Havrylyshyn



Part I Evolution of the Field of Comparative



Economics Systems



2 A Historiography of Comparative Economics



Josef Brada



3 The Soviet Economic System: An Archival Re-evaluation



Paul R. Gregory



4 Institutions, Institutional Systems and Their Dynamics



Leszek Balcerowicz



5 The "New Comparative Economics": A Critical Review



Bruno Dallago and Sara Casagrande











Part II Comparative Economic Systems in Economic History



6 Comparative Economic History



Gerard Roland



7 The World's First Meritocracy Through the Lens of



Institutions and Cultural Persistence



James Kai-Sing Kung



8 Institutions Matter: But So Does History-A Comparison



of Mediaeval Dubrovnik with Other Dalmatian Cities



Oleh Havrylyshyn



9 Long-Run Inequality in Communist Countries: Before,



During and After



Filip Novokmet



10 Effect of Historical Forces on Liberalization and



Democratization in Transition



Simeon Djankov







Part III Post-Communist Transition



11 Thirty Years of Transition: Eleven Stylised Facts



Oleh Havrylyshyn



12 The Importance of Domestic Commitment



Anders Aslund



13 Political Economy of Transition Reforms



Sergei Guriev



14 The EU Anchor Thesis: Transition from Socialism,



Institutional Vacuum and Membership



in the European Union



Nauro F. Campos



15 Some Reflections on Transition: Its Roots, Complexity



of the Process, and Role of the IMF and Other



Organizations



Vito Tanzi



16 Are the Transition Economies Still in Transition?



Paul Wachtel



17 Institutional Change in Transition: An Evolving



Research Agenda



Elodie Douarin











Part IV New Comparative Economics: Growth and Formal



Institutions in a Globalised World



18 Institutions, Human Capital and Economic Growth



Luca J. Uberti and Carl Henrik Knutsen



19 Reform Design Matters: The Role of Structural Policy



Complementarities



Joaquim Oliveira-Martins and Bruno T. da Rocha



20 Democracy as a Driver of Post-Communist Economic



Development



Jan Fidrmuc



21 Economic Development, Transition, and New Structural



Economics



Justin Yifu Lin











Part V The "New" New Comparative Economics:



Broadening the Goals



22 Rethinking Development: Broadening the Goals



and Altering the Approach



Homi Kharas and John W. McArthur



23 Explaining the Heterogeneity of Health Outcomes in



Post-Communist Europe



Christopher J. Gerry



24 Building the Good Life: Growth, Reforms and Happiness



in Transition



Peter Sanfey



25 Growth and Subjective Well-Being in China



Robson Morgan and Fei Wang



26 Understanding Demographic Challenges of Transition



Through the China Lens



Lauren A. Johnston



Part VI Addressing New Issues by Comparative Analysis



27 Inequality and Well-Being in Transition: Linking

Experience and Perception to Policy Preferences

Alexandru Cojocaru

28 Authoritarian Populism in Comparative Perspective

Tomasz Mickiewicz

29 Does Emigration Affect Political and Institutional

Development in Migrants' Countries of Origin?

Artjoms Ivlevs

30 Understanding Tax Evasion: Combining the Public

Choice and New Institutionalist Perspectives

Klarita Gerxhani and Ronald Wintrobe

31 The Rules of the Game in Transition: How Informal

Institutions Work in South East Europe

Alena Ledeneva and Adnan Efendic

32 Entrepreneurship in Comparative Economics Perspective

Slavo Radosevic and Esin Yoruk





Part VII Methodologies for Comparative Analysis

33 Taxonomies and Typologies: Starting to Reframe

Economic Systems

Randolph Luca Bruno and Saul Estrin

34 Institutional Complementarities in Comparative

Capitalism: A Bibliometric Account

Francesca Gagliardi

35 The Challenge of Identification and the Value

of Descriptive Evidence

Ron P. Smith

36 Conclusion: So, What Is Comparative Economics Now?

Elodie Douarin and Oleh Havrylyshyn

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• Política e governo
• Economia política
• Economia do desenvolvimento
• História económica

Comparative Economics;New Comparative Economics;Comparative Economic Systems;Post-Communist Transition;Comparative methods;Transition economics