Endogenous institution formation under a catching-up strategy in developing countries:

"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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Main Authors: Lin, Justin Yifu 1952- (Author), Li, Zhiyun (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C] World Bank 2008
Series:Policy research working paper 4794
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Summary:"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
Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (41 Seiten)