Institutions, institutional change, and economic performance /
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[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Douglass C. North.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1990.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 152 p. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
The Political economy of institutions and decisions
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-146) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Part I. Institutions -- 1. An introduction to institutions and institutional change -- 2. Cooperation: the theoretical problem -- 3. The behavioural assumptions in a theory of institutions -- 4. A transaction cost theory of exchange -- 5. Informal constraints -- 6. Formal constraints -- 7. Enforcement -- 8. Institutions and transaction and transformation costs -- Part II. Institutional Change -- 9. Organizations, learning, and institutional change -- 10. Stability and institutional change -- 11. The path of institutional change -- Part III. Economic Performance -- 12. Institutions, economic theory, and economic performance -- 13. Stablity and change in economic history -- 14. Incorporating institutional analysis into economic history: prospects and puzzles.
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Institutions, institutional change, and economic performance.