Endogenous institution formation under a catching-up strategy in developing countries / Justin Yifu Lin, Zhiyun Li

"This paper explores endogenous institution formation under a catching-up strategy in developing countries. Since the catching-up strategy is normally against the compartive advantages of the developing countries, it can not be implemented through laissez-faire market mechanisms, and a governme...

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Główni autorzy:Lin, Justin Yifu
organizacja autorów:World Bank
Kolejni autorzy:Li, Zhiyun
Format: Online-Resource
Język:English
Wydane:[Washington, D.C] : World Bank, 2008
Seria:Policy research working paper
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Streszczenie:"This paper explores endogenous institution formation under a catching-up strategy in developing countries. Since the catching-up strategy is normally against the compartive advantages of the developing countries, it can not be implemented through laissez-faire market mechanisms, and a government needs to establish nonmarket institutions to implement the strategy. In a simple two-sector model, the authors show that an institutional complex of price distortion, output control, and a directive allocation system is sufficient to implement the best allocation for the catching-up strategy. Furthermore, removing any of the three components will make it no longer implementable. The analysis also compares the best allocation and prices under the catching-up strategy with their counterparts under no distortions. The results of this paper provide important implications for understanding the institution formation in the developing countries that were pursuing a catching-up strategy after World War II. "--World Bank web site
Deskrypcja:Includes bibliographical references. - Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/8/2009
Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:[2008]
Weitere Ausgabe: Lin, Justin Yifu: Endogenous institution formation under a catching-up strategy in developing countries
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