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Author Townsend, Robert M., 1948-

Title Financial systems in developing economies : growth, inequality and policy evaluation in Thailand / Robert M. Townsend
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Contents Introduction. The Townsend thai data: development, extent, and research engendered -- The larger context: literature in review -- Embracing multiple approaches: methodology and a way forward -- 1. Growth, inequality, poverty, and financial deepening -- 2. Conceptual frameworks for measurement -- 3. Disparities among regional economies: spatial (dis)aggregation -- Micro Kuznets and Macro TFP decompositions -- Driving forces: occupation, financial access, education -- Integrated micro-macro models with dual financial sectors -- Neoclassical benchamrks and anomalies for those with access -- Impacts: experimental and econometric program evaluations -- Obstacles to trade: enhanced models of selection, and the impact of policy variation
Summary This text provides an in-depth evaluation of the financial system of Thailand, a proto-typical developing economy. It is useful not only as a guide to the Thai economy but more importantly as a means of assessing the impact that financial institutions and policy variation can have
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Financial institutions -- Thailand
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
Economic history
Economic policy
Financial institutions
SUBJECT Thailand -- Economic conditions -- 1986- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005541
Thailand -- Economic policy -- 1986- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005553
Subject Thailand
Form Electronic book
Author Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780199533237
0199533237
9780191615962
019161596X
9780191594892
019159489X