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Economic Pathology and Comparative Economics: Why Economies Fail to Succeed1

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  • Barry W Ickes

    (Department of Economics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.)

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Understanding why economies do not succeed is at least as important as understanding success. The study of failure is focused on the stability of institutions that inhibit good performance, the Northian Conundrum. Policies that seem perverse may fit into a larger institutional environment. This explains the persistence of dysfunctional institutions. The key to effective reform is to understand the underlying logic of the system. I use the phenomenon of Russian viability insurance as an example. Comparative Economic Studies (2005) 47, 503–519. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100123

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  • Barry W Ickes, 2005. "Economic Pathology and Comparative Economics: Why Economies Fail to Succeed1," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 47(3), pages 503-519, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:compes:v:47:y:2005:i:3:p:503-519
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    1. Johnson, Marianne & Kovzik, Alexander, 2016. "Teaching comparative economic systems 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 23-33.

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