TY - BOOK ID - 11756039 TI - Rents, rent-seeking and economic development : theory and evidence in Asia AU - Khan, Mushtaq H. AU - Jomo K. S. PY - 2000 SN - 0521788668 052178302X 1139085050 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Rent (Economic theory) KW - Economic development KW - #SBIB:022.IOS KW - #SBIB:328H50 KW - #SBIB:33H041 KW - #SBIB:327.4H61 KW - Development, Economic KW - Economic growth KW - Growth, Economic KW - Economic policy KW - Economics KW - Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) KW - Development economics KW - Resource curse KW - Economic rent KW - Ground-rent KW - Land use KW - Rent seeking KW - Instellingen en beleid: Aziƫ: comparatief / diverse landen KW - Economische ontwikkelingen en bewegingen KW - Derde wereld: economische ontwikkeling KW - Asia, Southeastern KW - Asia, Southeast KW - South East Asia KW - Southeastern Asia KW - Economic conditions. KW - Economic development. KW - Southeast Asia KW - Rent (Economic theory). KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11756039 AB - The concepts of rents and rent-seeking are central to any discussion of the processes of economic development. Yet conventional models of rent-seeking are unable to explain how it can drive decades of rapid growth in some countries, and at other times be associated with spectacular economic crises. This book argues that the rent-seeking framework has to be radically extended by incorporating insights developed by political scientists, institutional economists and political economists if it is to explain the anomalous role played by rent-seeking in Asian countries. It includes detailed analysis of Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Indian sub-continent, Indonesia and South Korea. This new critical and multidisciplinary approach has important policy implications for the debates over institutional reform in developing countries. It brings together leading international scholars in economics and political science, and will be of great interest to readers in the social sciences and Asian studies in general. ER -