Cover Image

Before and beyond divergence the politics of economic change in China and Europe

Rosenthal and Wong show that relative prices matter to how economies evolve; institutions can have a large effect on relative prices; and the spatial scale of polities can affect the choices of institutions in the long run. Their perspective on institutional change has implications for understanding...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent (Author), Wong, Roy Bin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Harvard University Press 2011
Subjects:
Comparative economics
China > economic conditions
China > Economic policy
Europe > Economic conditions
Europe > Economic policy
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Space and politics
  • Population, resources, and economic growth
  • Formal and informal mechanisms for market development
  • Warfare, location of manufacturing, and economic growth in China and Europe
  • Credit markets and economic change
  • Autocrats, war, taxes, and public goods
  • Political economies of growth, 1500-1950
  • Conclusion: Findings, methods and implications

Similar Items