Title: Institutions and the path to the modern economy : lessons from medieval trade /
Authors: Greif, Avner, 1955-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Institutionalismus; Mittelalter; Wirtschaftsgeschichte; Commerce History; Social institutions.; Handel.; Institutionenökonomie.; Spieltheorie.; Europa.
Abstract: It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions. Avner Greif presents a multi-disciplinary perspective to study endogenous institutions and their dynamics and to understand why they are influenced by the past.
Contents: Preliminaries -- Institutions as systems in equilibria -- Institutional dynamics as a historical process -- The empirical method of comparative and historical institutional analysis -- Concluding comments.