Mexico Since 1980

Name: Mexico Since 1980
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ISBN: 9780521608879

ISBN-10: 0521608872

ISBN-13: 9780521608879

Edition: 2008

Authors: Stephen Haber, Herbert S. Klein, Noel Maurer, Kevin J. Middlebrook

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This book addresses two questions that are crucial to understanding Mexicos current economic and political challenges. Why did the opening up of the economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has electoral democracy not produced rule of law? The answer to those questions lies in the ways in which Mexicos long history with authoritarian government shaped its judicial, taxation, and property rights institutions. These institutions, the authors argue, cannot be reformed with the stroke of a pen. Moreover, they represent powerful constraints on the ability of the Mexican government to fund welfare-enhancing reforms, on the ability of firms and…

Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.90" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Noel Maurer is associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. He is the author of "The Power and the Money" and coauthor of "The Politics of Property Rights, Mexico since 1980", and "The Big Ditch" (Princeton).




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