Princeton University Press
Institutions, Innovation, and Industrialization: Essays in Economic History and Development
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- Avner Greif
- Princeton University Press
- Paperback
- 9780691202730
- 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.1 inches
- 0.5 pounds
- Business & Economics > Economic History
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
This book brings together a group of leading economic historians to examine how institutions, innovation, and industrialization have determined the development of nations. Presented in honor of Joel Mokyr--arguably the preeminent economic historian of his generation--these wide-ranging essays address a host of core economic questions. What are the origins of markets? How do governments shape our economic fortunes? What role has entrepreneurship played in the rise and success of capitalism? Tackling these and other issues, the book looks at coercion and exchange in the markets of twelfth-century China, sovereign debt in the age of Philip II of Spain, the regulation of child labor in nineteenth-century Europe, meat provisioning in pre-Civil War New York, aircraft manufacturing before World War I, and more. The book also features an essay that surveys Mokyr's important contributions to the field of economic history, and an essay by Mokyr himself on the origins of the Industrial Revolution.
In addition to the editors, the contributors are Gergely Baics, Hoyt Bleakley, Fabio Braggion, Joyce Burnette, Louis Cain, Mauricio Drelichman, Narly Dwarkasing, Joseph Ferrie, Noel Johnson, Eric Jones, Mark Koyama, Ralf Meisenzahl, Peter Meyer, Joel Mokyr, Lyndon Moore, Cormac � Gr�da, Rick Szostak, Carolyn Tuttle, Karine van der Beek, Hans-Joachim Voth, and Simone Wegge.
Author Bio
Avner Greif is professor in Department of Economics, Stanford University and is a fellow of the Econometrics Society, MacArthur Foundation Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a senior fellow, Stanford Center for International Development.
Education
- PhD, Economics, Northwestern University, 1989.
- M.A. Economics (Honors), Northwestern University, 1988.
- M.A. (Summa cum laude) History of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv University, 1985.
- B.A. Economics and History of the Jewish People (Magna cum Laude). Tel Aviv University, 1981
Source: Stanford University
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