Rationality, institutions, and economic methodology /
[Book]
edited by Uskali Mäki, Bo Gustafsson & Christian Knudsen.
New York :
Routledge,
1993.
1 online resource (xi, 312 pages) :
illustrations
Economics as social theory
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; ECONOMICS WITH INSTITUTIONS: AGENDA FOR METHODOLOGICAL ENQUIRY; ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY: RATIONALE, FOUNDATIONS, PROSPECTS; POPPER AND LAKATOS IN ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL THEORIES OF SCIENCE AND THE FATE OF INSTITUTIONALISM IN ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION, RULE-FOLLOWING, AND THE METHODOLOGY OF SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM, PERFECT RATIONALITY AND THE PROBLEM OF SELF-REFERENCE IN ECONOMICS; RATIONAL CHOICE, RULE-FOLLOWING AND INSTITUTIONS: AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
INSTITUTIONAL STABILITY AND CHANGE IN SCIENCE AND THE ECONOMYEVOLUTION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: ON THE NATURE OF SELECTION IN BIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS; INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; MODELLING RATIONALITY, INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES IN ECONOMIC THEORY
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Looks at ways to increase the scope and power of institutional economics. Different approaches to economic methodology are considered and the broader notions of rationality offered by institutional economics are discussed.
Rationality, institutions, and economic methodology.