num_pages: 526
description: It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political, and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions. Institutions are invoked to explain why some countries are rich and others poor, some democratic and others dictatorial. But arguments of this sort gloss over the question of what institutions are, how they come about, and why they persist. This book seeks to overcome these problems, which have exercised economists, sociologists, political scientists, and a host of other researchers who use the social sciences to study history, law, and business administration.
language: English
title: Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade
titlecomplete: Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade
genres: Business, Nonfiction, Economics, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 51
series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Gyorgy Ranki Biennial Prize
publisher: Cambridge University Press