Pillars of Prosperity The Political Economics of Development Clusters 1st Edition by Timothy Besley, Torsten Persson ISBN 140084052X 9781400840526
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ISBN 10: 140084052X
ISBN 13: 9781400840526
Author: Timothy Besley, Torsten Persson
Pillars of Prosperity The Political Economics of Development Clusters 1st Table of contents:
Chapter 1 – Development Clusters
1.1 Salient Correlations
1.2 The Main Questions
1.3 Fiscal Capacity
1.4 Legal Capacity
1.5 Political Violence
1.6 State Spaces
1.7 Development Assistance
1.8 Political Reform
1.9 Main Themes
1.10 Final Remarks
1.11 Notes on the Literature
Chapter 2 – Fiscal Capacity
2.1 The Core Model
2.1.1 Basic Structure
2.1.2 Politically Optimal Policy
2.1.3 Fiscal-Capacity Investments
2.1.4 Normative Benchmark: A Pigouvian Planner
2.1.5 Three Types of States
2.1.6 Taking Stock
2.2 Developing the Model
2.2.1 Microfoundations for Fiscal Capacity
2.2.2 More General Models for Public Goods
2.2.3 Polarization / Heterogeneity
2.2.4 Income Inequality
2.2.5 Differences in Group Size
2.2.6 Tax Distortions
2.2.7 From Trade to Income Taxes
2.2.8 An Infinite-Horizon Model
2.3 Empirical Implications and Data
2.4 Final Remarks
2.5 Notes on the Literature
Chapter 3 – Legal Capacity
3.1 The Core Model with Legal Capacity
3.1.1 Politically Optimal Policy
3.1.2 Investments in State Capacity
3.1.3 Comparative Statics
3.1.4 Taking Stock
3.2 Developing the Model
3.2.1 Microeconomic Foundations
3.2.2 The Genius of Taxation
3.2.3 Private Capital Accumulation
3.2.4 Predation and Corruption
3.3 Empirical Implications and Data
3.4 Final Comments
3.5 Notes on the Literature
Chapter 4 – Political Violence
4.1 The Core Model with Political Violence
4.1.1 Model Modifications
4.1.2 Policy
4.1.3 Investments in Political Violence
4.1.4 Empirical Implications
4.2 Developing the Model
4.2.1 Asymmetries
4.2.2 Polarization, Greed, and Grievance
4.2.3 Anarchy
4.2.4 Conflict in a Predatory State
4.2.5 Investing in Coercive Capacity
4.3 From Theory to Empirical Testing
4.4 Data and Results
4.4.1 Data
4.4.2 Cross-Sectional Correlations
4.4.3 Econometric Estimates
4.5 Final Remarks
4.6 Notes on the Literature
Chapter 5 – State Spaces
5.1 State Capacity in the Comprehensive Core Model
5.1.1 Equilibrium Political Turnover
5.1.2 Investments in State Capacity Revisited
5.2 Developing the Model
5.3 Empirical Implications
5.4 Putting the Pieces Together
5.5 Final Remarks
5.6 Notes on the Literature
Chapter 6 – Development Assistance
6.1 The Core Model with Aid
6.1.1 Cash Aid
6.1.2 Technical Assistance
6.1.3 Military Assistance
6.1.4 Post-Conflict Assistance
6.2 Final Remarks
6.3 Notes on the Literature
Chapter 7 – Political Reform
7.1 The Core Model and Political Reform
7.1.1 Political Reform under a Veil of Ignorance
7.1.2 Strategic Political Reform
7.2 Developing the Model
7.2.1 Micropolitical Foundations for θ
7.2.2 Micropolitical Foundations for γ
7.2.3 Constitutional Rules
7.2.4 Political Violence
7.2.5 Trust
7.2.6 Governance
7.3 Political Reform in Practice
7.4 Final Remarks
7.5 Notes on the Literature
Chapter 8 – Lessons Learned
8.1 What We Have Learned
8.1.1 Answers to the Three Main Questions
8.1.2 Our Analysis and Traditional Development Research
8.2 The Pillars of Prosperity Index
8.2.1 Defining the Index
8.2.2 Predicting the Index
8.3 Where Next?
8.4 Concluding Remarks