Institutional Economics
      This introduction to institutional economics, follows the history of the field
      since the early 20th century to the present day. It concentrates on influential
      authors in the main schools of institutional economics.
       Institutional economics is defined as economic thought that considers
      institutions to be relevant to economic theory, and consequently criticizes
      the neo-classical mainstream for having pushed them out of the discipline;
      it deals especially with the nature, origin and evolution of institutions, and
      their effects on economic performance. It is a family of different theories
      that were initially influential in economics, then lost much of their weight in
      the middle half of the twentieth century, and eventually recovered significant
      creative vitality and impact in the last 20 years. The book puts the recent
      developments in historical perspective by showing how important themes,
      like the importance of habits, the role of formal and informal rules, the
      relationship of organizations and institutions, the hierarchy and comple-
      mentarity of institutions and the evolutionary character of institutional
      change, have been explored by various authors or schools.
       Despite the proliferation of scholarly writing about institutional eco-
      nomics there has been a long-standing gap for a volume which introduces
      the topic. This book fills that gap and will be useful reading for all advanced
      students of economics as well as scholars involved at the cutting edge of
      economics research.
      Bernard Chavance is Professor of Economics at the University Paris
      Diderot, France. He has published several books on comparative economic
      systems and institutions, particularly on socialist systems and post-socialist
      transformation. His book Economic Reforms in the East: From the 1950s to
      the 1990s (1992, Nathan) has been translated into English (US), Russian,
      Japanese and Chinese.
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