Kornai J., Matyas L., Roland G. (Ed.) Corruption, Development and Institutional Design

International Economic Association Conference — USA: New York; Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. — 265 p.With the aim of providing a comprehensive analysis of institutions, and of the global economy more generally, this volume explores systems of institutions and the effect of corruption, developments in behavioural economics, the impact of immigration, and the links between democratic progress and economic growth.List of Tables and Figures
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Preface and Acknowledgements

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Introduction: Great Changes in the World and in Economics-Corruption, Development and Institutional Design
Political Environment
Electoral Rules and Constitutional Structures as Constraints on Corruption
State Capture: From Yeltsin to Putin
Democracy for Better Governance and Higher Economic Growth in the MENA Region?
Supply of Productive Factors
Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and Foreign Direct Investment and Spillovers
A Portrait of the Chinese Entrepreneur
A Gain with a Drain? Evidence from Rural Mexico on the New Economics of the Brain Drain
The Brain Drain, 'Educated Unemployment', Human Capital Formation, and Economic Betterment
An Optimal Selective Migration Policy in the Absence of Symmetric Information, and in the Presence of Skill Formation Incentives
International Migration, Human Capital Formation, and the Setting of Migration-Control Policies: Mapping the Gains
Public Utility Reform
Redesigning Public Utilities: the Key Role of Micro-institutions
Does Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance?
Institutional Evolution and Energy Reform in the UK