Institutions In Perspective: Festschrift In Honor Of Rudolf Richter On The Occasion Of His 80Th Birthday

Rudolf Richter is one of the leading pioneers in the field of the New Institutional Economics in Germany. The articles in this Festschrift were written by renowned scholars from Germany and other countries. In addition to general perspectives on the New Institutional Economics, the Festschrift also contains articles on the theory of the firm, economic contract theory, on pricing and competition, macroeconomics and monetary economics and on various aspects of law and economics.

Ulrich Bindseil, is the Head of the Risk Management Division at the European Central Bank.Justus Haucap, holds the Chair for Industrial Economics and Competition Policy at the Ruhr-University of Bochum since 2004 and has been a Research Professor at the German Institute fur Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin since 2005.Christian Wey, holds the Chair for Network Economics and Information and Communication Economics at the TU Berlin since 2003 and is Head of the Department for Information Society and Competition at the German Institute fur Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin.Rudolf Richter, Geboren 1926; 1964-94 o. Professor fur Nationalokonomie, insbes. Wirtschaftstheorie an der Universitat des Saarlandes; seit 1994 Professor emeritus.