Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance

North, Douglass C.

ISBN 10: 0521394163 / ISBN 13: 9780521394161

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0521394163I4N10

Riassunto:

Explores the nature of institutions and institutional change.

Recensione: "At a time when economic and political institutions are being reformed and replaced all over the world, North's book is required reading for all social scientists and policy makers." T.N. Srinivasan, Yale University

"North here draws upon the literature concerning the formation of economic institutions...to ask significant questions about differences among economies across time and space...This is an exciting and stimulating work, and one that will leave its mark upon the work of economic historians. It will also be important for political scientists and other social scientists, to learn the message and relevance of an influential strain of non-mainstream economic thinking." Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester

"In a careful but wide-ranging analysis grounded in rational-choice theory, he stresses the ways in which institutional arrangements, once adopted, may lead quite rational actors to behave in ways that are collectively suboptimal." Paul Pierson, World Politics

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Titolo: Institutions, Institutional Change and ...
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1990
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket