Institutions and Economic Theory: The Contribution of the New Institutional Economics (Revised)

Language: English

Published by University of Michigan Press, 2000

0472086804 / 9780472086801

Series: Book 11 of 11 - Economics, Cognition, And Society

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8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in. Paperback edition. Minor shelfwear yet wraps clean, mild creasing to spine, pages open easily at pg.179 yet binding remains solid and strong, 1' closed tear to upper fore-edge of pgs. 267-282, interior text clean. Good copy. // '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.' -- publisher.…

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Institutions and Economic Theory: The Contribution of the New Institutional Economics (Revised)
Author
Furubotn, Eirik Grundtvig,Richter, Rudolf
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
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2000
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English
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0472086804
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9780472086801
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Book 11 of 11: Economics, Cognition, And Society
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