Rationality, institutions, and economic methodology /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Uskali Mäki, Bo Gustafsson & Christian Knudsen.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1993.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xi, 312 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Economics as social theory
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
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Rationality, institutions, and economic methodology.