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 institutio...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ménard, Claude (Editor), Shirley, Mary M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Domain of New Institutional Economics
  • Institutions and the Performance of Economies over Time
  • The Institutional Structure of Production
  • Transaction Cost Economics
  • Political Institutions and the State
  • Electoral Institutions and Political Competition: Coordination, Persuasion and Mobilization
  • Presidential versus Parliamentary Government
  • Legislative Process and the Mirroring Principle
  • The Performance and Stability of Federalism: An Institutional Perspective
  • Legal Institutions of a Market Economy
  • 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
  • Modes of Governance
  • A 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
  • Contractual Arrangements
  • The Make-or-Buy Decisions: Lessons from Empirical Studies
  • Agricultural Contracts
  • The Enforcement of Contracts and Private Ordering
  • Regulation
  • The Institutions of Regulation: An Application to Public Utilities
  • State Regulation of Open-Access, Common-Pool Resources
  • Property Rights and the State
  • Licit and Illicit Responses to Regulation
  • Institutional Change
  • Institutions and Development
  • Institutional and Non-Institutional Explanations of Economic Differences
  • Institutions and Firms in Transition Economies
  • Social Capital, Social Norms and the New Institutional Economics
  • Commitment, Coercion and Markets: The Nature and Dynamics of Institutions Supporting Exchange
  • Perspectives
  • Economic Sociology and New Institutional Economics
  • Doing Institutional Analysis: Digging Deeper than Markets and Hierarchies