The evolution of economic institutions : a critical reader /
edited by Geoffrey M. Hodgson.
- xii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"In association with The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy.".
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-288) and index.
Introduction / Bounded rationality and institutionalism / Individual and aggregate behaviour : of ants and men / Governance of transactions : a strategic process model / The political economy of the long wave / Instituted economic processes, increasing returns and endogenous growth / Path dependence, its critics and the quest for 'historical economics' / Financial markets and economic development : myth and institutional reality / The meaning of the market : comparing Austrian and institutional economics / Uncertainty, intelligence and imagination : George Shackle's guide to human progress / Evolutionary themes in the Austrian tradition : Menger, von Wieser and Schumpeter on institutions and rationality / The relevance today of Edith Penrose's Theory of the growth of the firm / The naturalist view of universal Darwinism : an application to the evolutionary theory of the firm / Geoffrey M. Hodgson -- Ugo Pagano -- Alan P. Kirman -- Bart Nooteboom -- Christopher Freeman -- J. Stanley Metcalfe -- Paul A. David -- Jan Kregel -- Philippe Dulbecco and Veronique Dutraive -- Brian J. Loasby -- Richard Arena and Sandye Gloria-Palermo -- Margherita Turvani -- J. W. Stoelhorst. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
"This essential reader covers topics such as the relationship between institutions and individuals, institutions and economic development, the nature and role of markets, and the theory of institutional evolution. The book not only outlines cutting-edge developments in the field but also indicates key directions of future research for institutional and evolutionary economics. The Evolution of Economic Institutions will be of great interest to researchers, students and lecturers in economics and business studies."--BOOK JACKET.