The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics
Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Charts -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction to the Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics -- 1 What's in a Term? -- 2 The "Old" Comparative Economics: The Origin of the Field -- 3 From "Old" to "New" Comparative Economics -- 4 Further Evolutions: More Institutions, More Outcomes -- 5 Structure of the Book -- 6 Some More Guidance on How to Read This Handbook -- References -- Part I: Evolution of the Field of Comparative Economics Systems -- 2: A Historiography of Comparative Economics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Early Economic Comparisons -- 3 Economic Systems Based on Religion and Utopias -- 4 Toward Systems Based on Self-Interest -- 5 General Equilibrium Theory and the Pareto Principle -- 6 Sovietology as Comparative Economics -- 7 The Economic System -- 8 The Economics of Transition -- 9 The New Comparative Economics -- 10 Institutions -- 11 Conclusion -- References -- 3: The Soviet Economic System: An Archival Re-evaluation -- 1 Western Historiography of the Soviet Economy -- 2 The Archival Revolution -- 3 Planners' Preference of the Dictator -- 4 The Stalin Dictatorship -- 5 The Planned Economy: Gosplan -- 6 Resource Managers Versus Planners -- 7 Money and Prices -- 8 Freezing the Economy at the Achieved Level -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- 4: Institutions, Institutional Systems and Their Dynamics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Institutions and Institutional Systems -- 3 Different Institutional Systems Have Different Dynamics -- 4 The Typology of Institutional Systems and of the Major Transitions -- 5 Transition Toward Socialism and Away from It -- 6 Economic Transitions Under Democracy -- 7 Authoritarian Transitions After Free Elections -- 8 Concluding Comments -- References.