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This book is Volume 4 of the Proceedings of the 10th World Economic Congress held in Moscow in 1992 under the auspices of the International Economic Association.

A compilation of papers given at a Conference of the International Economic Association analyze the world-wide experiences of incomes policy when, in the 1970s and early 1980s, this was seen as a crucial target for government.

This is a compilation of the proceedings and papers presented at an international conference on the organization of economic institutions in a dynamic society which includes detailed comment and discussion sections following each lecture.

A collection of essays presenting new insights into the analysis of public debt theory, recent historical episodes, econometric analyses and policy dilemmas and options. It also documents the perceptions of debt problems from viewpoints of national economies as well as the world economy.

List of Participants - Preface - PART 1 THE RELEVANCE OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Prices, Incentives and Economic Growth; B.Balassa - Microeconomic Incentives and Macroeconomic Decline; M.Olson - Social Insurance: Incentives and Disincentives to Save and to Work; M.Janssen - Incentives and Disincentives: International Migration; J.N.Bhagwati - Incentives for the Homogenization of Time Use; D.S.Hamermesh - Incentives for Entrepreneurship and Supporting Institutions; R.R.Nelson - The Incentive Limits of Firms: A Comparative Institutional Assessment of Bureaucracy; O.E.Williamson - PART 2 COUNTRY EXPERIENCE WITH RESTRUCTURING INCENTIVES - Incentives in the Soviet Economy; T.S.Kahchaturov - Restructuring Incentives in Hungary; B.Csik s-Nagy - Incentives in the United Kingdom; P.Minford - Economic Reforms in Chile, 1973-1981; A.Saieh and L.A.Sjaastad - Restructuring Incentives in the People's Republic of China; A.Gutowski and R.Merklein - From Bankruptcy to Revival: The Turkish Experience with Restructuring Economic Incentives, 1980-1984; E.G nensay - Obstacles to Changing the Incentive System: The Case of the Federal Republic of Germany; H.Bonus - PART 3 INCENTIVES IN THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY - Incentives and Disincentives for Foreign Direct Investment in Less Developed Countries; V.N.Balasubramanyan - Rent-Seeking and Trade Policy: An Industry Approach; R.E.Baldwin - The Function of Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations in the International Resource Transfer: The Case of the World Bank; B.S.Frey - PART 4 CONCLUDING APPRAISALS - Incentives and Growth: An Appraisal; K.J.Arrow - Incentives and Growth: A Summary Appraisal; J.B.Donges - Index

International trade and investment have flourished globally but nowhere so spectacularly as in the Asia-Pacific region. The volume focuses especially on trade policy and welfare, game theory analysis of trade policy and the linkages between trade policy and endogenous growth.

The International Economic Association - Acknowledgements - List of Participants - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Introduction; O.Bogomolov - PART 1 THE THEORY OF MARKETS IN A PLANNED ECONOMY - The Market in the Socialist Economic System; L.Abalkin - Product Market and Capital Market in the Light of the Experience of the Hungarian New Economic Mechanism; W.Brus & M.Laski - The Affinity between Ownership and Coordination Mechanisms; J.Kornai - Comments; K.M.Vacic, P.Sutela & D.Patinkin - PART 2 THE NEW CONCEPT OF PLANNING: INTERACTION WITH MARKETS - The New Concept of Planning: Interactionn with Markets; Z.L.Sadowski - The New Concept of Planning: Duality with Market Forces; M.Kaser - Note on Yugoslavia; D.Vojnic - Comment; L.Csaba - PART 3 COST DETERMINATION AND PRICE FORMATION - Reform of the Soviet Price System; M.Bornstein - Prices under Socialism in the Light of Economic Reforms; B.Csik s-Nagy - Comments; K.Dyba, A.Nove & K.Kouba - PART 4 THE ROLE OF COMMERCIAL AND NATIONAL BANKING IN A REFORMED SOCIALIST ECONOMY - The Role of Commercial and Central Banking: Yugoslavia; A.Cicin-Sain - The Hungarian Banking Reform; M.Tardos - Comment; K-H.Hartwig - PART 5 INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS AND PLANNED ECONOMIES - Market-oriental Reform of Foreign Trade in Planned Economies; T.A.Wolf - Note on Some Necessary Changes to Improve Trade of the USSR; K.Laski - Note on Poland; U.Ptowiec - PART 6 PLAN AND MARKET IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - Market Forces and Planning; S.Chakravarty - Market Development in Chinese Economic Reform; D.Fureng - Comments; T.Cato & C.Lin - PART 7 INTERNATIONAL CONSEQUENCES - Perestroika of the Soviet Economy in the Light of East-West Relations; O.Bogomolov - International Consequences of the Economic Reforms in Planned Economies; M.Lavigne - Comments; J.P.Hardt & H.Schilar

The interest of this book is that the aims of the IAE conference of 1958 can now be assessed in light of the development of the last 30 years. The book itself also looks at how the IAE has attempted to promote the development of economics internationally as an intellectual discipline.

Diwan and Galal looks at the structure and prospects of the Middle East economies after the 2011 Uprisings, focusing on issues of economic growth, inequality, the impact of oil, and the unfolding political transitions.

This volume is the result of the 2012 International Economic Association's series of roundtables on the theme of Industrial Policy. The first, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy,' was hosted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C, and the second, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa,' was held in Pretoria, South Africa.

This volume is the result of the 2012 International Economic Association's series of roundtables on the theme of Industrial Policy. The first, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy,' was hosted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C, and the second, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa,' was held in Pretoria, South Africa.

Drawing on behavioural, experimental and neoclassical economics, this volume brings together eminent academics and practitioners to provide working macroeconomic models and explore the social norms governing a post-crisis financial world.

This collection of essays from eminent scholars discusses different phases and measures of economic development, evaluating the success of national economic transitions and providing valuable policy lessons for developing economies.

The relation between structural reform and macroeconomic policy underlies the widespread perception that the large European economies have under-performed in the past decade in comparison both with their own standards and with the contemporaneous performance of the United States.

Globalization and the growing integration of national markets have had profound effects on the operation of markets, not least labour markets. In this book, a range of leading commentators on globalization and labour markets present original contribution on the interaction between these two areas.

Monetary Theory and Policy Experience offers a broad context for the question of why governments prefer to limit themselves to a specific inflation target. Academic specialists and senior officials of the European Central Bank, the OECK and national central banks look beyond inflation targeting as the goal of monetary policy.

Reciprocity is a pervasive type of social interaction in encounters, groups and organizations. This volume gathers basic recent works in its main domains such as, among others, the theory of reciprocity, the public economics of transfers, the economics of the family, charities, gifts of organs, or the motivations for gift-giving.

The International Economic Association was foremost in reviving professional economists' concern with institutions and their impact in publications such as Economic Institutions in a Dynamic Society (1989).

This book is Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the World Economic Congress held in Athens in 1989 under the auspices of the International Economic Association. It considers various aspects of economic policy and development faced by countries with different social, cultural and political systems.

A compilation of papers given at a Conference of the International Economic Association analyze the world-wide experiences of incomes policy when, in the 1970s and early 1980s, this was seen as a crucial target for government.

This is a compilation of the proceedings and papers presented at an international conference on the organization of economic institutions in a dynamic society which includes detailed comment and discussion sections following each lecture.

This volume of papers from the Eighth World Congress deals with changes in proportions and growth rates of sectors of the economy in relation to economic development. It includes a survey of theories of sectoral balance and studies of structural transformation in the Kuznets traditon.

Preface - List of Contributors - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Acknowledgements - Scientific Programme Committee - Addresses at the Inaugural Session: Gerardo Ortega, President of the General Council of the Colleges of Economists of Spain, Victor L.Urquidi, President of the International Economic Association, 1980-83, Felipe Gonzalez, President of the Government of Spain - PART 1 INTRODUCTION; V.L.Urquidi - PART 2 PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE PLENARY SESSION; O.Bogomolov, F.Herrera, J.Lesourne, J.P.Lewis, H.M.A.Onitiri, L.A.Rojo & A.Sen - PART 3 COMMENT ON THE PAPERS OF THE PLENARY SESSION; J.Pajestka & L.B.M.Mennes - PART 4 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS OF THE CONGRESS - Addresses at the Closing Session: Abdon Fernandez Cabrero, Dean of the Colegio de Economistas, Madrid, Kenneth J.Arrow, President of the International Economic Association, 1983-86, Victor L.Urquidi, President of the International Economic Association, 1980-83, H.M. The King of Spain, Don Juan Carlos - Index