The Economic Theory of Agrarian Institutions

by Pranab Bardhan (Editor)

These specially commissioned essays apply new analytical methods to study the origins, maintenance, and adaptation of agrarian institutions in a variety of regions and cultures. The contributors, including J.E. Stiglitz, T.N. Srinivasan, Clive Bell, Louis Putterman, H. Binswanger, D. Newbery,
and Alain de Janvry, focus on agrarian relations and rural development.

416 pages, Hardcover

First published June 8, 1989