Economic Incentives: Proceedings of a conference held by the International Economic Association at Kiel, West Germany: International Economic Association Series

List of Participants - Preface - PART 1 THE RELEVANCE OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Prices, Incentives and Economic Growth; B.Balassa - Microeconomic Incentives and Macroeconomic Decline; M.Olson - Social Insurance: Incentives and Disincentives to Save and to Work; M.Janssen - Incentives and Disincentives: International Migration; J.N.Bhagwati - Incentives for the Homogenization of Time Use; D.S.Hamermesh - Incentives for Entrepreneurship and Supporting Institutions; R.R.Nelson - The Incentive Limits of Firms: A Comparative Institutional Assessment of Bureaucracy; O.E.Williamson - PART 2 COUNTRY EXPERIENCE WITH RESTRUCTURING INCENTIVES - Incentives in the Soviet Economy; T.S.Kahchaturov - Restructuring Incentives in Hungary; B.Csik s-Nagy - Incentives in the United Kingdom; P.Minford - Economic Reforms in Chile, 1973-1981; A.Saieh and L.A.Sjaastad - Restructuring Incentives in the People's Republic of China; A.Gutowski and R.Merklein - From Bankruptcy to Revival: The Turkish Experience with Restructuring Economic Incentives, 1980-1984; E.G nensay - Obstacles to Changing the Incentive System: The Case of the Federal Republic of Germany; H.Bonus - PART 3 INCENTIVES IN THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY - Incentives and Disincentives for Foreign Direct Investment in Less Developed Countries; V.N.Balasubramanyan - Rent-Seeking and Trade Policy: An Industry Approach; R.E.Baldwin - The Function of Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations in the International Resource Transfer: The Case of the World Bank; B.S.Frey - PART 4 CONCLUDING APPRAISALS - Incentives and Growth: An Appraisal; K.J.Arrow - Incentives and Growth: A Summary Appraisal; J.B.Donges - Index