Sectors Matter! Exploring Mesoeconomics
Although all economic activities take place in sectors, economists often devote little attention to differences between and characteristics of sectors. This book tries to show that mesoeconomics, the economic exploration of sectors and groups, is a useful
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Stefan Mann Editor
Sectors Matter! Exploring Mesoeconomics
Editor Dr. Dr. habil. Stefan Mann, MSc Federal Research Station Agroscope Agroscope, Socioeconomics Ta¨nikon 1 8356 Ettenhausen Switzerland [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-642-18125-2 e-ISBN 978-3-642-18126-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-18126-9 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011928712 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: eStudio Calamar Steinen Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Editorial: Why Should Sectors Matter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Stefan Mann Part I
Sectors Matter for Society
On the Reality Behind Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Erik Ha¨ndeler Merit Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Stefan Mann Part II
Sectors Matter for Development
Economic Growth Through the Emergence of New Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Andreas Pyka and Pier Paolo Saviotti Mesoeconomics: Bridging Micro and Macro in a Schumpeterian Key . . 103 Kurt Dopfer Coordination on “Meso”-Levels: On the Co-evolution of Institutions, Networks and Platform Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Wolfram Elsner and Torsten Heinrich Part III
Sectors Matter in Practice
Changes in Industrial Structure and Economic Growth: Postwar Japanese Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Hiroshi Yoshikawa and Shuko Miyakawa
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The Mesoeconomics of Social Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Benoit Pierre Freyens Governmental Discrimination Between Sectors: The Case of Australian Water Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Lin Crase and Sue O’Keefe About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . .
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