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Comparative Economic Systems(362:01)

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Rutgers University

September 3, 2008

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How to FindArticles inIRIS

How to ReadArticles

Part I

Finding and Reading Articles



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How to ReadArticles

Finding Articles in IRIS

Most (not all) articles can be found through IRIS. Log onto thelibrary’s home page and follow the next screen prints.


Enter Journal Name

Select From Drop-down List

Select Journal

Select Online Option


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How to ReadArticles

Reading Articles

Approach each article looking for central ideas and concepts,not details. Almost all articles are well structured with aliterature review in the beginning, a general outline of theauthor’s argument, the analytical detail, and then a summary.Concentrate on the literature review and summary. Look forhow the general ideas relate to other concepts you alreadyknow. Some of the articles may be mathematical or statistical;skip these sections.



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IntroductiontoComparativeEconomics

Part II

Introduction



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Introduction

S. Djankov, et al.”The New Comparative Economics”Journal of Comparative EconomicsDecember 2003, V. 31, #4Available through IRIS

W.C. Neale”Institutions”Journal of Economic IssuesSeptember, 1987, V. 21, #3Available through IRIS

T. FriedmanThe Lexus and the Olive Tree2000See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexus_and_the_Olive_Tree for a review.Prof. Paczkowski (Rutgers University) Comparative Economic Systems (362:01) Reading List September 3, 2008 9 / 41

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexus_and_the_Olive_Tree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexus_and_the_Olive_Tree


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Critiques of Capitalism

W. Baumol, et al.Good Capitalism, Bad CapitalismBook available athttp://www.yalepresswiki.org/w/index/index.php?title=Good_Capitalism%2C_Bad_Capitalism

H. Cox”The Market as God”Atlantic MonthlyMarch 1999, V. 283, #3pages 18-23Available through IRIS


http://www.yalepresswiki.org/w/index/index.php?title=Good_Capitalism%2C_Bad_Capitalism

http://www.yalepresswiki.org/w/index/index.php?title=Good_Capitalism%2C_Bad_Capitalism


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Critiques of Capitalism(Continued)

M. Wolf”The Morality of the Market”Foreign PolicySeptember-October, 2003pages 47-50Available through IRIS



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Case Studies:China andIndia

Case Studies:China

Case Studies:India

Part III

Case Studies: China and India



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Case Studies:China

Case Studies:India

Case Studies: China and India

Anonymous”China and India”BusinessWeekAugust 22, 2005http://www.businessweek.com/sr/sr asia.htm



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Case Studies:China

Case Studies:India

China

The following can be found in The Journal of EconomicPerspectives (Fall 1994, V. 8, #2)

Perkins, D.”Completing China’s Move to the Market”

Jefferson, G.H. and Rawski, T.G.”Enterprise Reform in Chinese Industry”

Yusuf, S.”China’s Macroeconomic Performance and ManagementDuring Transition”



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Case Studies:China

Case Studies:India

China(Continued)

D.S. Landes”Why Europe and the West? Why Not China?”Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 2006, V. 20, #2 (3 - 22)Available through IRIS

De Santis, H.”China and the Asian Tigers”World Policy JournalSummer 2005, V. 22, #2, (23 - 36)

Landes, D.S.”Why Europe and the West? Why not China”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 2006, V. 20, #2, (3 - 22)Available through IRIS



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Case Studies:China

Case Studies:India

China(Continued)

The following can be found in the American EconomicAssociation Papers and Proceedings (May 2006, V. 96, #2)

Dejankov, S.”Who are China’s Entrepreneurs?”

Bai, C. et al.”The Multitask Theory of State Enterprise Reform:Empirical Evidence from China”

Li, D. et al.”Institutional Entrepreneurs?”

Kato, T. and Long, C.”Executive Turnover and Firm Performance in China”



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Case Studies:China

Case Studies:India

India

Entwistle, L.B.”Capital Comes Calling on India”World Policy JournalSummer 2005, V. 22, #2, (45 - 49)

Basu, K.”The Enigma of India’s Arrival”Journal of Economic LiteratureJune 2008, V. 46, #2, (396 - 411)May not be available online



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Culture andEconomics

Part IV

Culture and Economics



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Culture and Economics

L. Guiso, et al.”Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes?”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 2006, V. 20, #2 (23 - 48)Available through IRIS

L. Guiso, et al.”People’s Opium? Religion and Economic Attitudes”Journal of Monetary Economics2003, V. 50, #1 (225 - 282)Available through IRIS

R.M. McCleary and R.J. Barro”Religion and Economy”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 2006, V. 20, #2 (49 - 72)Available through IRISProf. Paczkowski (Rutgers University) Comparative Economic Systems (362:01) Reading List September 3, 2008 19 / 41


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Culture and Economics(Continued)

R.J. Barro and R.M. McCleary”Which Countries Have State Religions?”Quarterly Journal of EconomicsNovember, 2005, V. 120, #4 (1331 - 1370)Available through IRIS

R.J. Barro and R.M. McCleary”Religion and Economic Growth”American Sociological ReviewOctober, 2003, V. 68, (760 - 781)Available through IRIS



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Organizationsand Markets

Part V

Organizations



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Organizations and Markets

Stiglitz, J.E.”Symposium on Organizations and Economics”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 1991, V. 5, #2 (15 - 24)

Simon, H.A.”Organizations and Markets”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 1991, V. 5, #2 (25 - 44)

Sappington, D.E.M.”Incentives in Principal-Agent Relationships”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 1991, V. 5, #2 (45 - 66)



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Organizations and Markets(Continued)

Sah, R.K.”Fallibility in Human Organizations and Political Systems”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 1991, V. 5, #2 (45 - 66)

Nickell, S.”Is the U.S. Labor Market Really that Exceptional?”Journal of Economic LiteratureJune 2008, V. 46, #2 (384 - 397)May not be available online



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IntellectualBackground

Part VI

Intellectual Background



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IntellectualBackground

Background

Heilbroner, R.”Was Schumpeter Right After All?”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSummer 1993, V. 7, #3 (87 - 96)Available through IRIS

Sylla, R.”Schumpeter Redux”Journal of Economic LiteratureJune 2006, V. 44, #2 (391 - 404)Available through IRIS

The next article can be found in The New Palgrave: ADictionary of Economics, edited by J. Eatwell, M. Milgate andP. Newman (in Alexander Library reference section).

Skinner, A.S.”Adam Smith”Prof. Paczkowski (Rutgers University) Comparative Economic Systems (362:01) Reading List September 3, 2008 25 / 41


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Invisible HandConcept

Markets

Part VII

Invisible Hand and Markets



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Markets

Invisible Hand

The following can be found in The New Palgrave: A Dictionaryof Economics, edited by J. Eatwell, M. Milgate and P. Newman(in Alexander Library reference section).

Vaughn, K.I.”Invisible Hand”

Monro, D.H.”Self-Interest”



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Markets

Markets

For an introduction, albeit simple, to the market economy, see

Watts, M.What is a Market Economy?http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/market/homepage.htm

The following can be found in The New Palgrave: A Dictionaryof Economics, edited by J. Eatwell, M. Milgate and P. Newman(in Alexander Library reference section).

Ledyard, J. O.”Market Failure”



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Markets

Markets(Continued)

Bowles, S.”Endogenous Preferences: The Cultural Consequences ofMarkets and other Economic Institutions”The Journal of Economic LiteratureMarch 1998, V. 36, #1 (75 - 111)Available through IRIS



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Transitionfrom Socialism

Transition inthe SovietUnion andEasternEurope

Part VIII

Transitions to a New World



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Transitions in an Economy

Murrell, P.”How Far has the Transition Progressed”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 1996, V. 10, #2 (25 - 44)Available through IRIS

Fischer, S., et al.”Stabilization and Growth in Transition Economies: TheEarly Experience”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 1996, V. 10, #2 (45 - 66)Available through IRIS

Brada, J.C.”Privatization is Transition - Or is it?”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 1996, V. 10, #2 (67 - 86)Available through IRIS



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Transitions in an Economy(Continued)

Rapaczynski, A.”The Roles of the State and the Market in EstablishingProperty Rights”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSpring 1996, V. 10, #2 (87 - 104)Available through IRIS



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Transition in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

Murrell, P.”Symposium on Transition in the Soviet Union and EasternEurope”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesFall 1991, V. 5, #4 (3 - 10)Available through IRIS

Ericson, R.E.”The Classical Soviet-type Economy: Nature of the Systemand Implications for Reform”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesFall 1991, V. 5, #4 (11 - 28)Available through IRIS

Bergson, A.”The USSR Before the Fall: How Poor and Why?”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesFall 1991, V. 5, #4 (29 - 44)Available through IRIS



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Transition in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe(Continued)

Wolf, T.A.”The Lessons of Limited Market-Oriented Reform”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesFall 1991, V. 5, #4 (45 - 58)Available through IRIS

Murrell, P.”Can Neoclassical Economics Underpin the Reform ofCentrally Planned Economies?”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesFall 1991, V. 5, #4 (59 - 76)Available through IRIS



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EasternEurope

Part IX

Country Studies



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EasternEurope

Eastern Europe

The following can be found in The Journal of EconomicPerspectives (Fall 1991, V. 5, #4). Available through IRIS.

BenNer, A. et al.”The Introduction of Markets in a HypercentralizedEconomy: The Case of Romania”

Brada, J.C.”The Economic Transition of Czechoslovakia from Plan toMarket”

Estrin, S.”Yugoslavia: The Case of Self-Managing MarketSocialism”

Hare, P.G.”Hungary: In Transition to a Market Economy”



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EasternEurope

Eastern Europe(Continued)

The following can be found in The Journal of EconomicPerspectives (Fall 1991, V. 5, #4). Available through IRIS.

Jackson, M.”The Rise and Decay of the Socialist Economy in Bulgaria”

Wellisz, S.”Poland Under ’Solidarity’ Rule”



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Real GDP

Population

HumanDevelopmentIndex

Part X

Economic Performance Measures



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Real GDP

Population


Real GDP

R.W. England”Measurement of social well-being: alternatives to grossdomestic product”Ecological Economics1998, V. 25 (89 - 103)Available through IRIS

P.A. Lawn”A theoretical foundation to support the Index ofSustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW), Genuine ProgressIndicator (GPI), and other related indexes”Ecological Economics2003, V. 44 (105 - 118)Available through IRIS



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Real GDP

Population


Population

Anomynous”The List: Five Population Trends to Watch”September 2007www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story id=3981&print= 1

Feyrer J. Feyrer, et al.”Will the stork return to Europe and Japan?Understanding fertility within developed nations.”The Journal of Economic PerspectivesSummer 2008, V. 22, #3 (3 - 22)Not available through IRIS



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Real GDP

Population


Human Development Index

A.D. Sagar and A. Najam”The human development index: a critical review”Ecological Economics1998, V. 25 (249 - 264)Available through IRIS


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