Download or read book Political Competition, Innovation and Growth in the History of Asian Civilizations written by Peter Bernholz and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do political decentralisation and inter-state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively debate surrounding this question, going back to David Hume and Immanuel Kant. This book is a new attempt to test its veracity. The existin