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operative outline concentrates on the role of instrumental freedoms and institutions, and it is based on the traditional themes … instrumental freedoms. We eventually map each set of variables in order to point out how instrumental freedoms and institutions …
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This paper offers an accessible introductory survey of the application of abstract choice theory to consumer theory. In the process, the paper identifires---somewhat more carefully than is usual in the literature--- the relatively small role of the rationality postulates and the relatively large...
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The belief that equality of demand and supply determines price and clears the market is universal. Shockingly, this belief is unfounded. It contradicts macro’s claim that equality of demand and supply determines output. It contradicts (new) monetary theory, which claims that equality of demand...
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'Gainful trade: a new economics' explains why and how economics may be rebuilt from scratch to allow the occurence of gainful trade. It uses a new concept of consistency of social choice and a new analytical tool called consistency analysis to build a unified model of economics. It answers all...
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institutions also influences economic growth and the ability of a country to attract trade and foreign direct investment …. Consequently, when institutions of FSU and sub-Saharan countries develop to the point they become attractive to traders and … commit credibly to increasing capacities of their state institutions with a view to supporting property-based rule of law and …
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We propose a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of regulatory activity based on the distinctions among boundary, conduct, and attribute regulation. The standard we use to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of regulations creating boundaries, regulating conduct, and defining...
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associated with inequality adversely affected the emergence of institutions that promote human capital accumulation. The research …
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The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance, rather than on resources and … resource productivity, has uncovered important questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to … institutions? What specific aspects of institutions are responsible for economic performance? This paper suggests that two broad …
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The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance has uncovered important … questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to economic performance, then what explains observed … differences in performance across parts of one economy sharing similar institutions? This paper suggests that two broad aspects of …
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Institutions either promote or constrain economic performance, but which parts of institutions advance or restrict … performance, and why do economies sharing similar institutions sometimes perform differently? This paper is a modest attempt at … superstructural effects of institutions on aggregate and average income across 84 U.S. Native American economies (USNAEs). It finds …
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