01411nam a2200157   4500020001800000082001700018245009900035260004000134300001000174520092900184650002601113650003001139650002501169700002801194700003101222  a9783030508876  aRR.338bPAL-  aThe Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics/cedited by Elodie Douarin and Oleh Havrylyshyn  aLondon:bPalgrave macmillan,c2021.  a967p.  aThis book aims to define comparative economics and to illustrate the breadth and depth of its contribution. It starts with an historiography of the field, arguing for a continued legacy of comparative economic systems, which compared socialism and capitalism, a field which some argued should have been replaced by institutional economics after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The process of transition to market capitalism is reviewed, and itself exemplifies a new combination of comparative analysis with a focus on institutional development. Going beyond, chapters broadening the application of comparative analysis and applying it to new issues and approaches, including the role and definition of institutions, subjective wellbeing, inequality, populism, demography, and novel methodologies. Overall, comparative economics has evolved in the past 30 years, and remains a powerful approach for analyzing important issues.    aComparative Economics  aPost-Communist Transition  aTransition economics  aDouarin, Elodieeeditor  aHavrylyshyn, Oleh eeditor