Institutions in Economics - The Old and the New Institutionalism

Klappentext This book explores the issues surrounding the use of formal or non-formal analytical methods, individuals or holistic approaches, the respective roles of rational choice and rule-following behavior, the relative importance of the spontaneous evolution and deliberative design of institutions, and questions concerning the normative appraisal of institutions. Zusammenfassung This book examines and compares the 'old' institutionalism of Veblen! Mitchell! Commons! and Ayres! with the 'new' institutionalism developed from neoclassical and Austrian sources. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Definitions and issues; 2. Formalism and anti-formalism; 3. Individualism and holism; 4. Rationality and rule following; 5. Evolution and design; 6. Efficiency and reform; 7. Conflicts and complementarities.

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• Authors: Malcolm Rutherford, Malcolm (University of Victoria Rutherford
• Assisted by: Craufurd Goodwin (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.07.1996
• EAN: 9780521574471
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57447-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics; Historical Perspectives on Mod
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics