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The Mexican Economy, 1870-1930

Essays on the Economic History of Institutions, Revolution, and Growth

By: Jeff Bortz,Stephen H. Haber

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The Mexican Economy, 1870-1930

Essays on the Economic History of Institutions, Revolution, and Growth

By: Jeff Bortz,Stephen H. Haber

Studying the interaction of political and economic institutions in Mexico during the period of 1870-1930, this book shows how institutional change can foment economic growth.

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Stanford University Press

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0804742081

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9780804742085

Political Institutions and Financial Development

By: Stephen H. Haber,Douglass Cecil North,Barry R. Weingast

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Political Institutions and Financial Development

By: Stephen H. Haber,Douglass Cecil North,Barry R. Weingast

The essays in this volume employ the insights and techniques of political science, economics and history to provide a fresh answer to this question.

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330

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Stanford University Press

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0804756929

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9780804756921

Crony Capitalism and Economic Growth in Latin America

Theory and Evidence

By: Stephen Haber

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Crony Capitalism and Economic Growth in Latin America

Theory and Evidence

By: Stephen Haber

Crony capitalism systems—in which those close to political policymakers receive favors allowing them to earn returns far above market value—are a fundamental feature of the economies of Latin America. Haber and his expert contributors draw from case studies in Mexico, Brazil, and other countries around the world to examine the causes and consequences of cronyism.

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Hoover Institution Press

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0817999663

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9780817999667

Fragile by Design

The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit

By: Charles W. Calomiris,Stephen Haber

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Fragile by Design

The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit

By: Charles W. Calomiris,Stephen Haber

Why stable banking systems are so rare Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries—but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone but have provided miniscule amounts of credit to business enterprises and households. Analyzing the political and banking history of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil through several centuries, Fragile by Design demonstrates that chronic banking crises and scarce credit are not accidents. Calomiris and Haber combine political history and economics to examine how coalitions of politicians, bankers, and other interest groups form, why they endure, and how they generate policies that determine who gets to be a banker, who has access to credit, and who pays for bank bailouts and rescues. Fragile by Design is a revealing exploration of the ways that politics inevitably intrudes into bank regulation.

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Princeton University Press

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0691168350

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9780691168357

The Politics of Property Rights

Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929

By: Stephen Haber,Noel Maurer,Armando Razo

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The Politics of Property Rights

Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929

By: Stephen Haber,Noel Maurer,Armando Razo

This book addresses a puzzle in political economy: why is it that political instability does not necessarily translate into economic stagnation or collapse? In order to address this puzzle, it advances a theory about property rights systems in many less developed countries. In this theory, governments do not have to enforce property rights as a public good. Instead, they may enforce property rights selectively (as a private good), and share the resulting rents with the group of asset holders who are integrated into the government. Focusing on Mexico, this book explains how the property rights system was constructed during the Porfirio Díaz dictatorship (1876-1911) and then explores how this property rights system either survived, or was reconstructed. The result is an analytic economic history of Mexico under both stability and instability, and a generalizable framework about the interaction of political and economic institutions.

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420

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Cambridge University Press

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0521820677

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9780521820677

Industry and Underdevelopment

The Industrialization of Mexico, 1890-1940

By: Stephen Haber

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Industry and Underdevelopment

The Industrialization of Mexico, 1890-1940

By: Stephen Haber

The recent economic troubles of Mexico should have surprised no one, for the Mexican economy is an unhealthy one whose basic problems extend back to the nineteenth century - that is the major theme of this study of the formative years of industrialization in Mexico. The author focuses on the forces - economic, political, and technological - that have thwarted Mexican efforts to become a competitive member of the international economic community. Unlike most previous studies, which have relied on aggregate data published by the Mexican government that lump together all industries and all firms, this study is based almost entirely on new material concerning individual companies and individual entrepreneurs. This approach enables the author to examine a wide range of new questions. What were the social origins of Mexico's industrial entrepreneurs? What was their relation to the government of Porfirio Diaz? How profitable were the major manufacturing companies? What effects did the Revolution of 1910-1917 have on the nation's physical plant and on investor confidence? What strategies did firms follow to protect their markets and to prevent competition? The author argues that the roots of modern Mexican industrialization are not to be found in the restructuring of the Mexican economy associated with the Revolution (indeed he contends that the Revolution's effect on the economy has been exaggerated) or in the economic growth stemming from World War II. Rather, he sees the Porfiriato as the decisive era in Mexico's industrialization. By examining the economic constraints on large-scale industrialization during the Porfiriato, he explains the factors that led to an industrial sector marked by concentration of ownership, oligopoly and monopoly production, the inability to compete in international markets, and the need for constant government protection and subsidies.

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256

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Stanford University Press

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0804765553

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9780804765558

The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius

A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions

By: Dániel Margócsy,Mark Somos,Stephen N. Joffe

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The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius

A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions

By: Dániel Margócsy,Mark Somos,Stephen N. Joffe

Winner of the Third Neu-Whitrow Prize (2021) granted by the Commission on Bibliography and Documentation of IUHPS-DHST Additional background information This book provides bibliographic information, ownership records, a detailed worldwide census and a description of the handwritten annotations for all the surviving copies of the 1543 and 1555 editions of Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica. It also offers a groundbreaking historical analysis of how the Fabrica traveled across the globe, and how readers studied, annotated and critiqued its contents from 1543 to 2017. The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius sheds a fresh light on the book’s vibrant reception history and documents how physicians, artists, theologians and collectors filled its pages with copious annotations. It also offers a novel interpretation of how an early anatomical textbook became one of the most coveted rare books for collectors in the 21st century.

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BRILL

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9004336303

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9789004336308

Academic Freedom

A Guide to the Literature

By: Stephen H. Aby,James Kuhn

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Academic Freedom

A Guide to the Literature

By: Stephen H. Aby,James Kuhn

The freedom of academics to pursue knowledge and truth in their research, writing, and teaching is a fundamental principle of contemporary higher education in the United States. But this freedom has been hard won and regularly abridged, reinterpreted, and violated. Academic freedom has been central to many issues and controversies in higher education and has thus generated literature in a variety of disciplines. This book provides access to that literature. Included are entries for nearly 500 books, chapters, articles, reports, web sites, and other sources of information about academic freedom. Each entry includes a descriptive annotation, and the entries are grouped in topical chapters. While most of the works cited were published since the 1940 American Association of University Professors Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure, some older studies have also been included. Though the volume focuses primarily on higher education in the U.S., it also includes a chapter on academic freedom in other countries.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313094942

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9780313094941

Book's by Stephen H. Haber

The Mexican Economy, 1870-1930

The Mexican Economy, 1870-1930

Political Institutions and Financial Development

Political Institutions and Financial Development

Crony Capitalism and Economic Growth in Latin America

Crony Capitalism and Economic Growth in Latin America

Fragile by Design

Fragile by Design

The Politics of Property Rights

The Politics of Property Rights

Industry and Underdevelopment

Industry and Underdevelopment

The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius

The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom

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