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Handbook of new institutional economics

New Institutional Economics (NIE) has skyrocketed in scope and influence over the last three decades. This first Handbook of NIE provides a unique and timely overview of recent developments and broad orientations. Contributions analyse the domain and perspectives of NIE; sections on legal institutions, political institutions, transaction cost economics, governance, contracting, institutional change, and more capture NIE's interdisciplinary nature. This Handbook will be of interest to economists, political scientists, legal scholars, management specialists, sociologists, and others wishing to l
eBook, English, ©2008
Springer, Berlin, ©2008
Springer eBooks
1 online resource (xiii, 884 pages) : illustrations
9783540693055, 9783540776604, 9786611512712, 354069305X, 3540776605, 6611512713
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Institutions and the Performance of Economies over Time
The Institutional Structure of Production
Transaction Cost Economics
Electoral Institutions and Political Competition
Presidential versus Parliamentary Government
Legislative Process and the Mirroring Principle
The Performance and Stability of Federalism
The Many Legal Institutions That Support Contractual Commitments
Legal Systems as Frameworks for Market Exchanges
Market Institutions and Judicial Rulemaking
Legal Institutions and Financial Development
The New Institutional Approach to Organization
Vertical Integration
Solutions to Principal-Agent Problems in Firms.-The Institutions of Corporate Governance
Firms and the Creation of New Markets.-The Make or Buy Decisions
Agricultural Contracts
The Enforcement of Contracts and Private Ordering
The Institutions of Regulation
State Regulation of Open-Access, Common-Pool Resources
Property Rights, and the State
Licit and Illicit Firm Responses to Public Regulation
Institutions and Development
Institutional and Non-Institutional Explanation of Economic Differences
Institutions and Firms in Transition Economies
Social Capital, Social Norms and the New Institutional Economics
Commitment, Coercion and Markets
Economic Sociology and New Institutional Economics
Doing Institutional Analysis