Economic behavior and institutions / Thrainn Eggertsson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ráinn Eggertsson, 1941-

Series:

Cambridge surveys of economic literature

Cambridge surveys of economic literature.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Institutional economics.

Right of property.

Physical Description:

xv, 385 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Summary:

An important new research program has developed in economics that extends neoclassical economic theory in order to examine the effects of institutions on economic behavior. The body of work emerging from this new line of inquiry includes contributions from the 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 the first comprehensive survey of this research program, which the author terms "neoinstitutional economics." The author proposes a unified approach to this research, integrating the work of various contributors and emphasizing the common principles of inquiry that tie the work together. The theoretical discussion is accomplished by empirical studies dealing with a whole range of institutions and economic systems.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-377) and indexes.

ISBN:

052134445X

0521348919

OCLC:

20318752