Springer Critical Perspectives on Emerging Economies: An International Assessment (Contributions to Economics)

This volume offers fresh insights into economic development and growth in emerging economies. It includes contributions covering topics such as natural disasters and income inequalities, the environmental impact of economic growth, social preferences, information and market disorder under democracy, inflation targeting and its covariates, economic empowerment. This book is intended for scholars in the field of economics, and those interested in furthering economic development. From the Back Cover This volume offers fresh insights into economic development and growth in emerging economies. It includes contributions covering topics such as natural disasters and income inequalities, the environmental impact of economic growth, social preferences, information and market disorder under democracy, inflation targeting and its covariates, economic empowerment. This book is intended for scholars in the field of economics, and those interested in furthering economic development. About the Author Aswini Kumar Mishra is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani-K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa (India). His current areas of research include applied development economics, industrial organization, behavioral economics, and financial economics. His publications have appeared in many international journals. Vairam Arunachalam is Director and PricewaterhouseCoopers/ Joseph A. Silvoso Distinguished Professor of Accountancy at the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. School of Business, University of Missouri (USA). His research and teaching interests are in the areas of fraud examination, forensic accounting and information systems. Debasis Patnaik is Associate Professor of the Department of Economics at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani-K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa (India). His current research interests include productivity economics, dispersal economics, agricultural economics, traditional finance, behavioral finance, environmental economics, regional studies, philosophy, policy science, artificial intelligence and social science.