Economic Incentives: Proceedings Of A Conference Held By The International Economic Association At Kiel, West Germany (international Economic Association Series)

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Prices, Incentives, and Economic Growth....Pages 3-39 Microeconomic Incentives and Macroeconomic Decline....Pages 40-66 Social Insurance: Incentives and Disincentives to Save and to Work....Pages 67-88 Incentives and Disincentives: International Migration....Pages 89-123 Incentives for the Homogenization of Time Use....Pages 124-172 Incentives for Entrepreneurship and Supporting Institutions....Pages 173-203 The Incentive Limits of Firms: A Comparative Institutional Assessment of Bureaucracy....Pages 204-237 Front Matter....Pages 239-239 Incentives in the Soviet Economy....Pages 241-257 Restructuring Incentives in Hungary....Pages 258-278 Incentives in the United Kingdom....Pages 279-304 Economic Reforms in Chile, 1973–1981....Pages 305-328 Restructuring Incentives in the People’s Republic of China....Pages 329-347 From Bankruptcy to Revival: The Turkish Experience with Restructuring Economic Incentives, 1980–1984....Pages 348-377 Obstacles to Changing the Incentive System: The Case of the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 378-397 Front Matter....Pages 399-399 Incentives and Disincentives for Foreign Direct Investment in Less Developed Countries....Pages 401-428 Rent-Seeking and Trade Policy: An Industry Approach....Pages 429-453 The Function of Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations in the International Resource Transfer — The Case of the World Bank....Pages 454-478 Front Matter....Pages 479-479 Incentives and Growth: An Appraisal....Pages 481-485 Incentives and Growth: A Summary Appraisal....Pages 486-490 Back Matter....Pages 491-497