Microeconomics, Economic Development

Development Microeconomics

Name: Development Microeconomics
Author: Pranab Bardhan
ISBN: 9780198773719

by Pranab Bardhan, Christopher Udry

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Overview

"Development Microeconomics is the first in a series of books which looks at the entire spectrum of development economics issues and combines the strengths of conventional developmental thought with the insights of contemporary mainstream economics. The main new conceptual tool used is the application of the theory of imperfect information and the effects this has on the the behavior of economic agents. This book is designed specifically for graduate students."--BOOK JACKET.

Synopsis

Development Microeconomics is the first in a series of books which looks at the entire spectrum of development economics issues and combines the strengths of conventional developmental thought with the insights of contemporary mainstream economics. The main new conceptual tool used is the application of the theory of imperfect information and the effects this has on the behavior of economic agents. This book is designed specifically for graduate students.

About the Author, Pranab Bardhan

Pranab Bardhan is currently Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. He has previously been Professor of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics and at the Indian Statistical Institute in New Delhi.

Christopher Udry is Professor of Economics at the Economic Growth Center in Yale University.