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Institutions and Economic Theory: The Contribution of the New Institutional Economics - Couverture rigide

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Furubotn, Eirik G.; Richter, Rudolf

 
9780472108176: Institutions and Economic Theory: The Contribution of the New Institutional Economics
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0472108174 ISBN 13 : 9780472108176
Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 1998

Synopsis

A much-needed exploration of the New Institutional Economics, or NIE, including a critical assessment of its central theoretical contributions since the field's early beginnings in the 1960s, is this book's objective. It traces the development of major ideas about the genesis and significance of institutions as these ideas have been presented in the NIE. Given the fundamental understanding underlying work in this new area of research--that transactions involve the use of real resources and have costs--the book views the NIE as an amalgam of transaction-cost economics, property-rights analysis, and contract theory.
Efforts are made to explain how the various theoretical strands discussed in the NIE literature fit into the general fabric of modern institutionalism, and how the new concepts put forward can be applied to institutional analysis. Since the new institutionalist approach contrasts sharply with that of the traditional neoclassical model, special attention is given to elucidating the points of difference between the two. And, along these lines, a final chapter deals with the troubling question of whether neoinstitutionalist theory can be advanced by efforts to extend or generalize neoclassical theory.
The book will be essential reading for economists attracted to the NIE approach. In addition, scholars from such disciplines as political science, sociology, and law will find the work useful as the NIE continues to gain wide academic acceptance.
Eirik G. Furubotn is currently serving as Research Associate, University of Texas at Arlington; he recently retired as James L. West Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University. Rudolf Richter is Professor of Economics, Center for the Study of the New Institutional Economics, University of Saarlandes.

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Éditeur
The University of Michigan Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0472108174
ISBN 13 
9780472108176
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
560
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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