Economic Behavior and Institutions
Principles of Neoinstitutional Economics
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- Author: Thrainn Eggertsson, University of Iceland, Reykjavik
- Date Published: November 1990
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521348911
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An important research programme has developed in economics that extends neo-classical economic theory in order to examine the effects of institutions on economic behaviour. The body of work emerging from this line of inquiry includes contributions from various branches of economic theory, such as the economics of property rights, the theory of the firm, cliometrics and law and economics. This book is a comprehensive survey of this research programme which the author terms 'neoinstitutional economics'. The author proposes a unified approach to this research, integrating the work of various contributors and emphasising the common principles of inquiry that tie the work together. The theoretical discussion is accompanied by empirical studies dealing with a range of institutions and economic systems. This book will serve as the primary resource for economists and students who want to learn about this important branch of economic theory.
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- Date Published: November 1990
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521348911
- length: 404 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.51kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction to the Theory:
1. Generalising neoclassical economics: new tools and concepts
2. Property rights, agency and economic organisation
3. Explaining the rules
Part II. Property Rights and Economic Outcomes:
4. The economics of exclusive rights
5. The ownership structure of firms and equilibrium outcomes
Part III. Explaining Economic Organisation:
6. The contractual nature of the firm
7. The logic of economic organisation
Part IV. Explaining Property Rights:
8. The emergence of property rights
9. Property rights in stateless societies
10. The state in neoinstitutional economics.
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