Economic behavior and institutions

Economic behavior and institutions

Scholars in a wide range of disciplines are adopting research approaches that emphasize the important role institutions play in shaping social behavior. Until now, however, no bread institutional framework has been developed for economics. In this important book, Professor Eggertsson suggests that t...

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Auteur principal : Thráinn Eggertsson (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Economic behavior and institutions / Thrainn Eggertsson,...
Publié : Cambridge, New-york, Port Chester [etc.] : Cambridge University Press , 1990, cop. 1990
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-385 p.)
Collection : Cambridge surveys of economic literature (Ed. française)
Sujets :
Économie politique
Micro-économie
Propriété
Institutionnalisme
  • PART I. INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY
  • 1. Generalizing neoclassical economics : new tools and concepts
  • 2. Property rights, agency, and economic organization
  • 3. Explaining the rules
  • PART II. PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
  • 4. The economics of exclusive rights
  • 5. The ownership structure of firms and economic outcomes
  • PART III. EXPLAINING ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION
  • 6. The contractual nature of the firm
  • 7. The logic of economic organization
  • PART IV. EXPLAINING PROPERTY RIGHTS
  • 8. The emergence of property rights
  • 9. Property rights in stateless societies
  • 10. The state in neoinstitutional economics