Economic Behavior and Institutions -- A Series of Translations of Institutional Economics

Author: (Iceland) Egertson
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Scholars from various disciplines are adopting institutional research methods, emphasizing the important role of institutions in shaping social behavior. However, to this day, a widely applicable institutional framework has not yet been formed in economics. The significance of this book lies in Professor Egertson's view that, due to the lack of available theoretical structures, economics has generally lagged behind other disciplines in the use of institutional analysis methods. To address this deficiency, Professor Egertson investigates ongoing institutional research in various branches of economics and proposes recommendations to find a unified approach for this research, which emphasizes interdependence and is built upon neoclassical models. "Institutional Economics" brings together topics such as property rights economics, corporate theory, work organization theory, quantitative history, and legal economics.