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Alice Hoffenberg Amsden: A Consummate Dirigiste on Latecomer Economic Catch-Up

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  • Rajah Rasiah

    (Department of Development Studies, University of Malaya)

  • Ajit Singh

    (Development Studies Centre, University of Cambridge)

  • Dieter Ernst

    (East-West Center, Honolulu, United States)

Abstract

: Until the achievement of the East economies of Korea and Taiwan in becoming developed in one generation, most works on the developing economies have encouraged the unleashing of market forces as the only recipe for such a success. Amsden’s work on South Korea and later on Taiwan were to incisively prove the importance of selective interventions as necessary to spearhead latecomer development. This article presents some of her posthumous publications that shall remain major pillars that policy makers can use to chart the growth of other successful latecomer stories.

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  • Rajah Rasiah & Ajit Singh & Dieter Ernst, 2015. "Alice Hoffenberg Amsden: A Consummate Dirigiste on Latecomer Economic Catch-Up," Institutions and Economies (formerly known as International Journal of Institutions and Economies), Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, vol. 7(1), pages 1-8, April.
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    Keywords

    Latecomer Development; State Intervention; Industrialization; Innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • L63 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Microelectronics; Computers; Communications Equipment
    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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