Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade - Couverture souple

Livre 31 sur 81: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions

Greif, Avner

 
9780521671347: Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade
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ISBN 10 : 0521671345 ISBN 13 : 9780521671347
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political, and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions. Institutions are invoked to explain why some countries are rich and others poor, some democratic and others dictatorial. But arguments of this sort gloss over the question of what institutions are, how they come about, and why they persist. They also fail to explain why institutions are influenced by the past, why it is that they can sometimes change, why they differ so much from society to society, and why it is hard to study them empirically and devise a policy aimed at altering them. This 2006 book seeks to overcome these problems, which have exercised economists, sociologists, political scientists, and a host of other researchers who use the social sciences to study history, law, and business administration. It presents a multi-disciplinary perspective to study endogenous institutions and their dynamics.

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À propos de l'auteur

Avner Greif is the Bowman Family Endowed Professor in Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University where he teaches economics. He is the recipient of fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometrics Society, and the MacArthur Foundation. He has published articles in American Political Science Review, European Review of Economic History, Chicago Journal of International Law, and the Journal of Political Economy as well as many edited books. Greif is also a co-author of Analytic Narrative (1998).

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521671345
ISBN 13 
9780521671347
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
526
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ISBN 10 :  0521480442 ISBN 13 :  9780521480444
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2006
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