Economic Policy and State Intervention Selected Papers of T.N. Srinivasan

by Srinivasan, T. N.; Narayana, N. S. S.

• ISBN13: 9780195651928
• ISBN10: 0195651928
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This collection brings together for the first time Srinivasan's classical theoretical writings and his work on issues relevant to developing countries. His world-renowned work on GATT and the Uruguay Rounds with reference to developing countries is the highlight of the volume.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
Investment Criteria and Choice of Techniques of Production	p. 45
Optimal Savings in a Two-Sector Model of Growth	p. 85
Optimal Intervention to Achieve Non-Economic Objectives	p. 104
On the Choice Between Capital and Labour Mobility	p. 122
Quid Pro Quo Foreign Investment and Welfare: A Political-Economy-Theoretic Model	p. 138
Comment on 'Two Strategies for Economic Development: Using Ideas and Producing Ideas' by Romer	p. 151
Why Developing Countries Should Participate in the GATT System	p. 160
Post-Uruguay Round Issues for Asian Developing Countries	p. 183
Indian Economic Reforms: Background, Rationale, Achievements, and Future Prospects	p. 230
India's Development Strategy, Privatization, and Deregulation	p. 271
Income Distribution and the Macroeconomy: Some Conceptual and Measurement Issues	p. 287
Database for Development Analysis: An Overview	p. 313
Hunger: Defining It, Estimating Its Global Incidence, and Alleviating It	p. 342
Destitution: A Discourse	p. 378
Agricultural Backwardness Under Semi-Feudalism: Comment	p. 403
Rationing, Spillover, and Interlinking in Credit Markets: The Case of Rural Punjab	p. 408
Dynamics of Endogenous Growth	p. 445
Development in the Context of Rapid Population Growth: An Overall Assessment	p. 464
Nuclear Power and Economic Development: India	p. 488
Neoclassical Political Economy, the State and Economic Development	p. 504
Democracy, Markets and Development	p. 531
Annexe: In Conversation with T. N. Srinivasan	p. 551
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