Institutional Change and Economic Behaviour

This book explores institutional change and economic behaviour by examining the transition process in the former socialist countries that joined the EU in 2004, looking at the growth occurring in China, offering a historical perspective on economic underdevelopment in the Middle East, and discussing the neo-classical paradigm.

PHILIPPE AGHION Harvard University, USA MASAHIKO AOKI Stanford University, USA KEN BINMORE University College London, UK HERBERT GINTIS University of Massachusetts, USA; Sante Fe Institute, USA GEOFFREY M. HODGSON University of Hertfordshire Business School, UK THORBJØRN KNUDSEN University of Southern Denmark, Denmark TIMUR KURAN University of Tokyo, Japan EDMUND S. PHELPS Cornell University, USA YINGYI QIAN University of California, Berkeley, USA JOE SWIERZBINSKI University of Aberdeen Business School, UK JINGLIAN WU Development Research Center, Beijing, China; China-Europe International Business School, Shanghai, China