Introduction: Institutional Analysis and Economic History
The three articles that follow this introductory essay reflect a rapidly growing effort in the social sciences to integrate institutional analysis with more traditional theory. In economic history, institutional analysis attempts to expand and enrich our understanding by modeling the ways in which the rules of the game specifically, political and economic institutions have affected economic behavior. By drawing on the literature of political economy, for example, economic historians can explore how institutions have interacted to affect economic performance over time.
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2000
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Authors: | NORTH, DOUGLASS C. ; WEINGAST, BARRY R. |
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The Journal of Economic History. - Cambridge University Press, ISSN 1471-6372. - Vol. 60.2000, 02, p. 414-417
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Cambridge University Press |
Description of contents: | Abstract [journals.cambridge.org] |
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