Institutional economics
Subtitle: an introduction
By: John Groenewegen, Antoon Spithoven, Annette van den Berg.
Contributors: Spithoven, A. H. G. M.; Berg, Annette van den.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9780230550735; 9780230550742
Subjects: Institutional economics
Description: "Institutional economics is an increasingly important area in the field which also verges into political science and sociology. This concise and lucid textbook, which assumes a basic understanding of neoclassical economics, introduces the key ideas, emphasizing the "new" institutional economics but grounding readers in the traditional perspectives"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: INTRODUCTION * What is Institutional Economics about? * PART TWO: THEORY * Theoretical Framework * Static Approaches to Institutions * The Dynamics of Institutions * PART THREE: PRIVATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES * Markets * Firms; title: * Cooperations Between Firms * PART FOUR: PUBLIC GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES *; title: State Intervention to Protect the Public Interest * Government Failures.