Timber Booms and Institutional Breakdown in Southeast Asia
| Author/creator | Ross, Michael L., 1961- Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press |
| Description | 254 p. ill 22.800 x 015.200 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation In this book, Michael L. Ross explores the breakdown of the institutions that govern natural resource exports in developing states. Using case studies of timber booms in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, he shows that these institutions often break down when states receive positive trade shocks--unanticipated windfalls. Drawing on the theory of rent-seeking, he suggests that these institutions succumb to a problem he calls "rent-seizing"--the predatory behavior of politicians who seek to supply rent to others, and who purposefully dismantle institutions that restrain them. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 00037922 |
| ISBN | 9780521791670 |
| ISBN | 0521791677 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780521791670 |
| Stock number | 00004933 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |