The Economic Theory of Agrarian Institutions [Paperback]

These specially commissioned essays apply new analytical methods to study the origins, maintenance, and adaptation of agrarian institutions in a variety of regions and cultures. The contributors, including J.E. Stiglitz, T.N. Srinivasan, Clive Bell, Louis Putterman, H. Binswanger, D. Newbery, and Alain de Janvry, focus on agrarian relations and rural development.

May well become a standard reference in institutional economics, especially in the context of LDCs. --Review of World Economics

Bardhan brings together eighteen excellent essays on the theory of agrarian institutions...every essay is high in quality and contains something worth learning....This book constitutes amajorand lasting contribution to the economic analysis of agrarian institutions. --Journal of EconomicLiterature