TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hodgson,Geoffrey Martin
ED  - European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy.
TI  - The evolution of economic institutions: a critical reader 
SN  - 1847200834
AV  - HB97.3 .E896 2007
U1  - 330.01 22
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Evolutionary economics
KW  - Institutional economics
N1  - "In association with The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-288) and index; 1; Introduction; Geoffrey M. Hodgson --; 2; Bounded rationality and institutionalism; Ugo Pagano --; 3; Individual and aggregate behaviour : of ants and men; Alan P. Kirman --; 4; Governance of transactions : a strategic process model; Bart Nooteboom --; 5; The political economy of the long wave; Christopher Freeman --; 6; Instituted economic processes, increasing returns and endogenous growth; J. Stanley Metcalfe --; 7; Path dependence, its critics and the quest for 'historical economics'; Paul A. David --; 8; Financial markets and economic development : myth and institutional reality; Jan Kregel --; 9; The meaning of the market : comparing Austrian and institutional economics; Philippe Dulbecco and Veronique Dutraive --; 10; Uncertainty, intelligence and imagination : George Shackle's guide to human progress; Brian J. Loasby --; 11; Evolutionary themes in the Austrian tradition : Menger, von Wieser and Schumpeter on institutions and rationality; Richard Arena and Sandye Gloria-Palermo --; 12; The relevance today of Edith Penrose's Theory of the growth of the firm; Margherita Turvani --; 13; The naturalist view of universal Darwinism : an application to the evolutionary theory of the firm; J. W. Stoelhorst
N2  - "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
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