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Klappentext The essays in Economics as a Process are all concerned with exploring theoretical approaches alternative to the conventional or 'neoclassical' paradigm. Zusammenfassung The essays in Economics as a Process are all concerned with exploring theoretical approaches alternative to the conventional or 'neoclassical' paradigm. The essays are united not by a single topic but by a coherent set of themes - themes best described under the heading of the New Institutional Economics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Contributors; 1. The New Institutional Economics: an introductory essay Richard N. Langlois; 2. Three types of market process Stephen C. Littlechild; 3. Organisation, competition and the growth of knowledge Brian J. Loasby; 4. Uncertainty, signal detection experiments and modelling behaviour Ronald A. Heiner; 5. The evolution of rules Andrew Schotter; 6. The tension between process stories and equilibrium models Richard R. Nelson; 7. Competition as a process: a law and economics perspective Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr; 8. The economics of governance Oliver E. Williamson; 9. Capitalism and the factory system Axel Leijonhufvud; 10. Rationality, institutions and explanation Richard N. Langlois; Index.
