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Agency theoretic analysis of the causes of the low average market capitalisation of the Bombay Stock Exchange. (2001)
Thesis
Saptagiri, L. Agency theoretic analysis of the causes of the low average market capitalisation of the Bombay Stock Exchange. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis aims to provide an explanation for the causes of existence of many low capitalised companies (LCCs) listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The main theoretical framework for the thesis is derived from the agency conflicts approach. The agen... Read More about Agency theoretic analysis of the causes of the low average market capitalisation of the Bombay Stock Exchange..

Why is South East Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea? (2001)
Book Chapter
Booth, A. (2001). Why is South East Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea?. In P. Lawrence, & C. Thirtle (Eds.), Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective (11-33). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403905406_2

The last decade has seen an explosion of work on the fast growing economies of East and South-East Asia, by individual scholars and by the international development institutions. Influential books by Amsden (1989) and Wade (1990), as well as the work... Read More about Why is South East Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea?.

Development policy in the 21st century: beyond the post-Washington consensus (2001)
Book
Fine, B., Lapavitsas, C., & Pincus, J. (Eds.). (2001). Development policy in the 21st century: beyond the post-Washington consensus. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203418796

The Post-Washington Consensus has succeeded in becoming the new theoretical underpinning for the World Bank's Structural Adjustment policies in developing countries. This broad-ranging critique explains that without a much broader political economy t... Read More about Development policy in the 21st century: beyond the post-Washington consensus.

Social Capital versus Social Theory: Political Economy and Social Science at the Turn of the Millennium (2001)
Book
Fine, B. (2001). Social Capital versus Social Theory: Political Economy and Social Science at the Turn of the Millennium. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203470787

The idea of Social Capital is an attempt to incorporate social considerations into mainstream economic thinking. Its proponents feel that social factors are properly quantifiable. So, they use the complex algebra and statistics beloved of mainstream... Read More about Social Capital versus Social Theory: Political Economy and Social Science at the Turn of the Millennium.