This book explores institutional change and economic behaviour by examining the transition process in the former socialist countries that joined the EU in 2004, looking at the growth occurring in China, offering a historical perspective on economic underdevelopment in the Middle East, and discussing the neo-classical paradigm.
PHILIPPE AGHION Harvard University, USAMASAHIKO AOKI Stanford University, USAKEN BINMORE University College London, UKHERBERT GINTIS University of Massachusetts, USA; Sante Fe Institute, USAGEOFFREY M. HODGSON University of Hertfordshire Business School, UKTHORBJØRN KNUDSEN University of Southern Denmark, DenmarkTIMUR KURAN University of Tokyo, JapanEDMUND S. PHELPS Cornell University, USAYINGYI QIAN University of California, Berkeley, USAJOE SWIERZBINSKI University of Aberdeen Business School, UKJINGLIAN WU Development Research Center, Beijing, China; China-Europe International Business School, Shanghai, China