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Institutions, institutional change, and economic performance

Title
  1. Institutions, institutional change, and economic performance / Douglass C. North.
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  1. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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Author
  1. North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil)

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Description
  1. viii, 152 pages; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. The Political economy of institutions and decisions
Uniform title
  1. Political economy of institutions and decisions.
Subject
  1. Economia politica
  2. SOCIAL STRUCTURE
  3. Changement organisationnel
  4. Organizational change
  5. Economic development
  6. Economía institucional
  7. Desarrollo económico
  8. Organisatieverandering
  9. Economics
  10. Institutionnalisme
  11. Economische ontwikkeling
  12. ECONOMICS
  13. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
  14. Planejamento economico
  15. Economia (teoria)
  16. Institutional economics
  17. Cambio organizacional
  18. INSTITUTION BUILDING
  19. Développement économique
Contents
  1. Part I. Institutions -- 1. An introduction to institutions and institutional change -- 2. Cooperation: the theoretical problem -- 3. The behavioural assumptions in a theory of institutions -- 4. A transaction cost theory of exchange -- 5. Informal constraints -- 6. Formal constraints -- 7. Enforcement -- 8. Institutions and transaction and transformation costs -- Part II. Institutional Change -- 9. Organizations, learning, and institutional change -- 10. Stability and institutional change -- 11. The path of institutional change -- Part III. Economic Performance -- 12. Institutions, economic theory, and economic performance -- 13. Stablity and change in economic history -- 14. Incorporating institutional analysis into economic history: prospects and puzzles.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-146) and index.