theory of games really takes into accounts the institutions in its formal approach of the social activities, but rather to … fruitful treatment of the institutions. A third part suggests an alternative approach of the institutions. Thanks to a new … codes emerge to be considered as foundations for the institutions. …

This paper surveys alternative approaches to the emergence and evolution of institutions. The challenge is to develop …, institutions are viewed as rules imposed on individuals and the focus is on the strategic games among coalitions that aim to … promote or block new rules. In the second, institutions are viewed as shared beliefs; here the idea is to analyze how …

protection of intellectual property in Germany than in the us, as well as the weaknesses of the Japanese institutional framework …

What is the kind of institutions that affect economic inequalities? Using a database on national income inequality for … institutions, we also find an inverted U relationship between inequalities and the extent of European settlement. We finally find a …