TY - BOOK ID - 30999958 TI - Vietnam in the global economy PY - 2013 SN - 1498525377 0739177877 9780739177877 0739177869 1306094216 9781306094214 9780739177860 PB - Lanham DB - UniCat KW - Decentralization in government KW - Economic development KW - Investments, Foreign KW - Rent seeking KW - Economic aspects KW - Vietnam KW - Economic policy KW - Development, Economic KW - Economic growth KW - Growth, Economic KW - Centralization in government KW - Devolution in government KW - Government centralization KW - Government decentralization KW - Government devolution KW - Rent (Economic theory) KW - Economics KW - Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) KW - Development economics KW - Resource curse KW - Political science KW - Central-local government relations KW - Federal government KW - Local government KW - Public administration KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30999958 AB - This book describes in a game-theoretical approach how the development success story Vietnam managed to keep rent seeking in check sufficiently to attract record numbers of foreign investors and exhibit strong economic growth in the early stages of its economic reforms. It concludes that pluralistic contestation among societal interests under conditions of factor mobility can lead to the same benefits that are generally associated with liberal democracy-commitment to limited government through checks and balances. ER -