Economic Evolution: An Inquiry into the Foundations of the New Institutional Economics (Economics as Social Theory)

Vromen, Jack J J.

ISBN 10: 0415128137 / ISBN 13: 9780415128131

Published by Routledge, 1995

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The new institutional economics offers one of the most exciting research agendas in economics today. The book looks at the differences and similarities between the three main approaches. Series: Economics as Social Theory. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 453. . 1995. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Economic Evolution: An Inquiry into the Foundations of the New Institutional Economics (Economics as Social Theory)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415128137
• ISBN 13: 9780415128131
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The new institutional economics offers one of the most exciting research agendas in economics today. Yet can it really explain processes of economic change? Economic Evolution explores three of the main approaches within the new institutional economics:
* the new theory of the firm,
* Nelson and Winter's evolutionary economics
* game theoretic accounts of spontaneous evolution.
Close analysis reveals that the approaches differ on such fundamental issues as the meaning of terms like `institution' and `evolution'. However, the book also uncovers two evolutionary mechanisms that govern processes of economic change in all of these approaches.

About the Author

Jack J Vromen