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Xiaokai Yang - Economic Development and the Division of Labor - 9780631220039 - V9780631220039
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Economic Development and the Division of Labor

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Description for Economic Development and the Division of Labor Hardback. This volume from Jeffrey Sachs and Xiaokai Yang introduces students to development economics within a neoclassical economics context. It is a text and a survey from which the inframarginal analysis of economic development can be systematically learned. Num Pages: 664 pages, 119. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 175 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1268.
This innovative new text from Jeffrey Sachs and Xiokai Yang introduces students to development economics from the perspectives of inframarginal analysis and marginal analysis. The book demonstrates how the new-found emphasis on inframarginal analysis has influenced a shift back to an interest in Classical Economics from Neoclassical Economics.

  • Inframarginal Analysis vs. Marginal Analysis is presented as a consistent theoretical framework throughout.
  • Shows how the relationship of Inframarginal Analysis to Marginal Analysis has influenced the shift back to an interest in Classical Economics from Neoclassical Economics with regard to economic development.
  • Allows economists to reduce ... Read more
  • Brings considerable analytic machinery to bear on important problems.
  • A focus on institutions and transaction costs that is very relevant to development economics.
  • Offers a thorough analysis of trade (CHs. 3 - 7) and macroeconomics (CHs. 16 - 19), both of which are not dealth with in depth by comparable textbooks.
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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
Number of Pages
660
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631220039
SKU
V9780631220039
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Xiaokai Yang
Xiaokai Yang is a Personal Chair Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. His research papers have appeared in The American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economics, and other journals. He is the author of Economics: New Classical versus Neoclassical Frameworks (Blackwell, 2000).

Reviews for Economic Development and the Division of Labor
“Economic Development and the Division of Labor is an exciting contribution that offers innovative perspectives on growth and development. It covers a void in the literature, and provides a rich and deep interpretation of the impact of endogenous specialization, institutions, and economic structure on growth. The text strikes a very good balance between the intuitive and analytical discussions, and relies ... Read more

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