Rent seeking and development: the political economy of industrialization in Vietnam

"Rent seeking continues to be a topic of much discussion and debate within political economy. This new study challenges previous assumptions and sets out a new analysis of the dynamics of rent and rent seeking in development, using Vietnam as a case study. This book provides an alternative appr...

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Main Author: Ngo, Christine Ngoc 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2020
Series:Routledge studies in development economics
Routledge studies in development economics 150
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"Rent seeking continues to be a topic of much discussion and debate within political economy. This new study challenges previous assumptions and sets out a new analysis of the dynamics of rent and rent seeking in development, using Vietnam as a case study. This book provides an alternative approach to the study of economic development and illuminates new perspectives in a contemporary context. It argues that not only has there been an incomplete understanding of Vietnam's industrial development over the last three decades, but that neoclassical economics do not adequately address many of the issues endangering Vietnam's development. A significant observation of the Vietnamese experience is the analytical view that rents can be developmental and growth-enhancing if the configuration of rent management incentivizes industrial upgrade and conditions firm performance. Underlining the need to re-examine how economic actors and the state collaborate through formal and informal institutions, this study fills a gap in the scholarship of the political economy of rent and rent seeking and how rents might be used for developmental purposes"--
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 02, 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 237 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9781315657493
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