The Economics of Institutions is a collection of key essays in the field of both 'new' and 'old' institutional economics. Featuring articles from the most important scholars in this field, it covers: individuals, institutions and institutionalism; rules and norms; institutions, knowledge and uncertainty; institutional change and economic growth, and markets and firms as institutions.
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The Economics of Institutions is a collection of key essays in the field of both ânewâ and âoldâ institutional economics.
CONTENTS
PART 1
INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTIONALISM
1. Walton H. Hamilton (1932), âInstitutionâ
2. Williams T. Waller, Jr. (1988), âThe Concept of Habit in Economic Analysisâ
3. Viktor Vanberg (1989), âCarl Mengerâs Evolutionary and John R. Commonsâ Collective Action Approach to Institutions: A Comparisonâ
4. Geoffrey M. Hodgson (1993), âInstitutional Economics: Surveying the âOldâ and the âNewââ
PART 2
INSTITUTIONS AND MODERN ECONOMICS
5. Alexander James Field (1979), âOn the Explanation of Rules Using Rational Choice Modelsâ
6. Philip Mirowski (1986), âInstitutional as a Solution Concept in a Game Theory Contextâ
7. Fabrizio Coricelli and Giovanni Dosi (1988), âCoordination and Order in Economic Change and the Interpretative Power of Economic Theoryâ
8. David P Ellerman (1991), âMyth and Metaphor in Orthodox Economicsâ
9. Philip Mirowski (1991), âPostmodernism and the Social Theory of Valueâ
PART 3
RULES AND NORMS
10. Alexander James Field (1984), âMicroeconomics, Norms, and Rationalityâ
11. Robert Axelrod (1986), âAn Evolutionary Approach to Normsâ
12. Viktor Vanberg (1988), âRules and Choice in Economics and Sociologyâ
13. Jon Elster (1989), âSocial Norms and Economic Theoryâ
14. Herbet A. Simon (1990), âA Mechanism for Social Selection and Successful Altruismâ
PART 4
INSTITUTIONS, KNOWLEDGE AND UNCERTAINTY
15. Geoffrey Newman (1976), âAn Institutional Perspective on Informationâ
16. Lawrence A. Boland (1979), âKnowledge and the Role of Institutions in Economic Theoryâ
17. Ronald A. Heiner (1983), âThe Origin of Predictable Behaviorâ
PART 5
MARKETS AND FIRMS AS INSTITUTIONS
18. Hans G. Nutzinger (1976), âThe Firm as a Social Institution: The Failure of the Contractarian Viewpointâ
19. Giovanni Dosi (1988), âInstitutions and Markets in a Dynamic Worldâ
20. Richard N. Langlois (1988), âEconomic Change and the Boundaries of the Firmâ
21. Ugo Pagano (1991), âProperty Rights, Asset Specificity and the Division of Labour under Alternative Capitalist Relationsâ
22. Ugo Pagano (1992), âAuthority, Co-Ordination and Disequilibrium: An Explanation of the Co-Existence of Markets and Firmsâ
PART 6
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
23. William T. Waller, Jr. (1982), âThe Evolution of the Veblenian Dichotomy: Veblen, Hamilton, Ayres and Fosterâ
24. Paul D. Bush (1987), âThe Theory of Institutional Changeâ
25. Brian R .Binger and Elizabeth Hoffman (1989), âInstitutional Persistence and Change: The Question of Efficiencyâ
26. Geoff Hodgson (1989), âInstitutional Rigidities and Economic Growthâ
27. Ulrich Witt (1989), âThe Evolution of Economic Institutions as a Propagation Processâ
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ISBN
9781852787646
Publisert
1993-01-01
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
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244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
UU, UP, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
640
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