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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      03 December 2009
      29 June 1990
      ISBN:
      9780511609404
      9780521348911
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511609404
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.51kg, 404 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Microeconomics, Economic Theory, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
      Series:
      Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature
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    Subjects:
    Economics, Microeconomics, Economic Theory, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature
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    An important research programme has developed in economics that extends neo-classical economic theory in order to examine the effects of institutions on economic behaviour. The body of work emerging from this line of inquiry includes contributions from various branches of economic theory, such as the economics of property rights, the theory of the firm, cliometrics and law and economics. This book is a comprehensive survey of this research programme which the author terms 'neoinstitutional economics'. The author proposes a unified approach to this research, integrating the work of various contributors and emphasising the common principles of inquiry that tie the work together. The theoretical discussion is accompanied by empirical studies dealing with a range of institutions and economic systems. This book will serve as the primary resource for economists and students who want to learn about this important branch of economic theory.

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    ‘The survey succeeds in my view precisely in presenting and linking in a convincing way quite disparate material.’

    Arthur Denzau - Washington University

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