Joseph E. Stiglitz

Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics, helped create the theory of markets with asymmetric information and was one of the founders of modern development economics. He played a leading role in an intellectual revolution that changed...

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Main Author: Hoff, Karla
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8943669/joseph-e-stiglitz
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6477
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spelling okr-10986-64772021-04-23T14:02:30Z Joseph E. Stiglitz Hoff, Karla ADVERSE SELECTION AGENCY PROBLEMS AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS AGRICULTURE ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES OF INFORMATION AVERAGE COSTS AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BANKRUPTCY BANKS BENCHMARK BEST PRACTICES BID BUSINESS CYCLES BUYERS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL OUTFLOWS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPETITIVE ECONOMY COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM CONFLICTS OF INTEREST CONSUMER CONSUMER CHOICE CONSUMERS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS COORDINATION FAILURES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CREDIT MARKETS CREDIT RATIONING DAMAGES DEBT DEBTORS DEBTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIMINISHING RETURNS DISEQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEFFICIENCIES ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC RENTS ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION EFFICIENT MARKETS EFFICIENT MARKETS THEORY EFFICIENT OUTCOMES EQUILIBRIUM PRICES EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT EQUITY MARKETS EXPECTED RETURN EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN DEBTS FOREIGN INVESTORS FREE CAPITAL GAME THEORY GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP GROWTH THEORY HIDDEN ACTIONS HOLDING HOMEOWNERSHIP IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCENTIVE PROBLEMS INCOME INCOMES INCOMPLETE MARKETS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDIFFERENCE CURVES INEFFICIENCY INFLATION INFORMATIONAL IMPERFECTIONS INNOVATION INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE COMPANY INSURANCE FIRMS INSURANCE MARKET INSURANCE MARKETS INSURANCE POLICIES INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT DECISIONS JOB LOSS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOUR LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LENDER LENDERS LOAN LOAN APPLICATIONS LOW-INCOME MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL COST MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY MARKET EQUILIBRIUM MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET MECHANISM MARKET PARTICIPANTS MARKET PRICES MATHEMATICS MEDICAL CARE MISSING MARKET MISSING MARKETS MONETARY FUND MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY MONITORING COSTS MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MORAL HAZARD MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA MULTIPLIER EFFECTS NET WORTH OPTIMAL CONTRACT PARETO EFFICIENCY PECUNIARY EXTERNALITIES PER CAPITA INCOME PERFECT INFORMATION PERFECT MARKETS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS PORTFOLIOS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE PROPERTY PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC GOODS PURCHASES RECESSION RENTS RISK MARKETS RISK SHARING RISK-AVERSE INDIVIDUALS RISKY ASSETS RULE OF LAW SAVINGS SEARCH COSTS SENIOR STOCK MARKET TAX TAXATION TRANSACTION TRANSITION COUNTRIES TREASURY UNEMPLOYMENT UTILITY FUNCTION VALUABLE WAGE WAGES WEALTH WELFARE ECONOMICS Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics, helped create the theory of markets with asymmetric information and was one of the founders of modern development economics. He played a leading role in an intellectual revolution that changed the characterization of a market economy. In the new paradigm, the price system only imperfectly solves the information problem of scarcity because of the many other information problems that arise in the economy: the selection over hidden characteristics, the provision of incentives for hidden behaviors and for innovation, and the coordination of choices over institutions. 2012-05-25T20:56:48Z 2012-05-25T20:56:48Z 2008-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8943669/joseph-e-stiglitz http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6477 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4478 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ADVERSE SELECTION
AGENCY PROBLEMS
AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS
AGRICULTURE
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
ASYMMETRIES OF INFORMATION
AVERAGE COSTS
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
BANKRUPTCY
BANKS
BENCHMARK
BEST PRACTICES
BID
BUSINESS CYCLES
BUYERS
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL OUTFLOWS
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPETITIVE ECONOMY
COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
CONSUMER
CONSUMER CHOICE
CONSUMERS
CONTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTIONS
COORDINATION FAILURES
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDIT RATIONING
DAMAGES
DEBT
DEBTORS
DEBTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DISEQUILIBRIUM
DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CRISES
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEFFICIENCIES
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC RENTS
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION
EFFICIENT MARKETS
EFFICIENT MARKETS THEORY
EFFICIENT OUTCOMES
EQUILIBRIUM PRICES
EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT
EQUITY MARKETS
EXPECTED RETURN
EXTERNALITIES
EXTERNALITY
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FOREIGN DEBTS
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FREE CAPITAL
GAME THEORY
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
GROWTH THEORY
HIDDEN ACTIONS
HOLDING
HOMEOWNERSHIP
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INCENTIVE PROBLEMS
INCOME
INCOMES
INCOMPLETE MARKETS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INDIFFERENCE CURVES
INEFFICIENCY
INFLATION
INFORMATIONAL IMPERFECTIONS
INNOVATION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE COMPANY
INSURANCE FIRMS
INSURANCE MARKET
INSURANCE MARKETS
INSURANCE POLICIES
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
JOB LOSS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOUR
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
LENDER
LENDERS
LOAN
LOAN APPLICATIONS
LOW-INCOME
MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL COST
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM
MARKET FAILURE
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET MECHANISM
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
MARKET PRICES
MATHEMATICS
MEDICAL CARE
MISSING MARKET
MISSING MARKETS
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICIES
MONETARY POLICY
MONITORING COSTS
MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
MORAL HAZARD
MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA
MULTIPLIER EFFECTS
NET WORTH
OPTIMAL CONTRACT
PARETO EFFICIENCY
PECUNIARY EXTERNALITIES
PER CAPITA INCOME
PERFECT INFORMATION
PERFECT MARKETS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
PORTFOLIOS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PROBABILITY
PRODUCTIVITY
PROVISION OF INFORMATION
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC GOODS
PURCHASES
RECESSION
RENTS
RISK MARKETS
RISK SHARING
RISK-AVERSE INDIVIDUALS
RISKY ASSETS
RULE OF LAW
SAVINGS
SEARCH COSTS
SENIOR
STOCK MARKET
TAX
TAXATION
TRANSACTION
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
TREASURY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UTILITY FUNCTION
VALUABLE
WAGE
WAGES
WEALTH
WELFARE ECONOMICS
spellingShingle ADVERSE SELECTION
AGENCY PROBLEMS
AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS
AGRICULTURE
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
ASYMMETRIES OF INFORMATION
AVERAGE COSTS
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
BANKRUPTCY
BANKS
BENCHMARK
BEST PRACTICES
BID
BUSINESS CYCLES
BUYERS
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL OUTFLOWS
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPETITIVE ECONOMY
COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
CONSUMER
CONSUMER CHOICE
CONSUMERS
CONTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTIONS
COORDINATION FAILURES
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDIT RATIONING
DAMAGES
DEBT
DEBTORS
DEBTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DISEQUILIBRIUM
DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CRISES
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEFFICIENCIES
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC RENTS
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION
EFFICIENT MARKETS
EFFICIENT MARKETS THEORY
EFFICIENT OUTCOMES
EQUILIBRIUM PRICES
EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT
EQUITY MARKETS
EXPECTED RETURN
EXTERNALITIES
EXTERNALITY
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FOREIGN DEBTS
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FREE CAPITAL
GAME THEORY
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
GROWTH THEORY
HIDDEN ACTIONS
HOLDING
HOMEOWNERSHIP
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INCENTIVE PROBLEMS
INCOME
INCOMES
INCOMPLETE MARKETS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INDIFFERENCE CURVES
INEFFICIENCY
INFLATION
INFORMATIONAL IMPERFECTIONS
INNOVATION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE COMPANY
INSURANCE FIRMS
INSURANCE MARKET
INSURANCE MARKETS
INSURANCE POLICIES
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
JOB LOSS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOUR
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
LENDER
LENDERS
LOAN
LOAN APPLICATIONS
LOW-INCOME
MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL COST
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM
MARKET FAILURE
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET MECHANISM
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
MARKET PRICES
MATHEMATICS
MEDICAL CARE
MISSING MARKET
MISSING MARKETS
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICIES
MONETARY POLICY
MONITORING COSTS
MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
MORAL HAZARD
MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA
MULTIPLIER EFFECTS
NET WORTH
OPTIMAL CONTRACT
PARETO EFFICIENCY
PECUNIARY EXTERNALITIES
PER CAPITA INCOME
PERFECT INFORMATION
PERFECT MARKETS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
PORTFOLIOS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PROBABILITY
PRODUCTIVITY
PROVISION OF INFORMATION
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC GOODS
PURCHASES
RECESSION
RENTS
RISK MARKETS
RISK SHARING
RISK-AVERSE INDIVIDUALS
RISKY ASSETS
RULE OF LAW
SAVINGS
SEARCH COSTS
SENIOR
STOCK MARKET
TAX
TAXATION
TRANSACTION
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
TREASURY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UTILITY FUNCTION
VALUABLE
WAGE
WAGES
WEALTH
WELFARE ECONOMICS
Hoff, Karla
Joseph E. Stiglitz
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4478
description Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics, helped create the theory of markets with asymmetric information and was one of the founders of modern development economics. He played a leading role in an intellectual revolution that changed the characterization of a market economy. In the new paradigm, the price system only imperfectly solves the information problem of scarcity because of the many other information problems that arise in the economy: the selection over hidden characteristics, the provision of incentives for hidden behaviors and for innovation, and the coordination of choices over institutions.
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author Hoff, Karla
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title Joseph E. Stiglitz
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8943669/joseph-e-stiglitz
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6477
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