Planning, Shortage, and Transformation: Essays in Honor of János Kornai [Hardcover]

Eric Maskin (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2000

The three major themes of János Kornai's work reflected in the title of this book--planning, shortage, and transition, or transformation--figure prominently in the essays. After a philosophical introduction by Edmond Malinvaud, the book is divided into three sections: Markets and Organizations, Theory of Transition, and The Transitional Experience.János Kornai is one of the world's leading experts on the economics of socialism and transition. An early advocate of reform in Hungary, he has written penetrating analyses of centrally planned economies and their transformation to market-oriented systems. This volume is being published in celebration of Kornai's seventieth birthday.Contributors : Abram Bergson, Sharad Bhandari, Bernard Chavance, Mathias Dewatripont, Jacques Drèze, Michael Ellman, Richard Ericson, István R. Gábor, Paul Hare, David M. Kemme, János Köllö, Georges Korsun, Mári Lackó, Marie Lavigne, Edmond Malinvaud, Béla Martos, Eric S. Maskin, Peter Murrell, Yingyi Qian, Richard Quandt, John Roemer, Gérard Roland, Jeffrey Sachs, András Simonovits, Robert Solow, Wim Swaan, Jörgen Weibull, Martin Weitzman, Wing Thye Woo, Chenggang Xu.

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About the Author

Eric S. Maskin is the Louis Berkman Professor of Economics at Harvard University. András Simonovits is Scientific Advisor at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 550 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press; 1st edition (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262133571
• ISBN-13: 978-0262133579
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,325,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)