num_pages: 336
description: Individuals, Institutions, and Markets offers a theory of how the institutional framework of a society emerges and how markets within institutions work. The book shows that both social institutions, defined as the rules of the game, and exchange processes can be analyzed along a common theoretical structure. Mantzavinos' proposal is that a problem solving model of individual behavior inspired by the cognitive sciences provides such a unifying theoretical structure. Integrating the latest scholarship in economics, sociology, political science, law, and anthropology, Mantzavinos offers a genuine political economy showing how social institutions affect economic outcomes.
language: English
title: Individuals, Institutions, and Markets
titlecomplete: Individuals, Institutions, and Markets (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
genres: Economics
ratings_count: 2
series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
publisher: Cambridge University Press