Portuguese Abstract: O foco está em como a economia comportamental pode explicar algumas das atitudes que o presidente brasileiro, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, vem tomando durante a pandemia do coronavírus. Fala sobre os tipos de vieses que parecem definir sua perspectiva negacionista, a saber,...

This paper discusses the use of Herbert Simon's concept of bounded rationality in the evolutionary firm of Nelson and Winter. The assumption of bounded rationality (an individual behavior) in a collective context of firm could require some justification. We suggest that the adoption of complex...

One of the most influential evolutionary model in Nelson and Winter's book is the one dealing with industrial dynamics (chapter 12). From that model came out meaningful insights about market structure and technological change relationship. Despite the improvements made by evolutionary models...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of institutional arrangements to development policies. Unfortunately, modern institutionalism has concentrated on the consequences of political and economic liberties (determined by the institutional environment) to development, with...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of institutional arrangements to development policies. Unfortunately, modern institutionalism has concentrated on the consequences of political and economic liberties (determined by the institutional environment) to development, with...

This paper aims to contribute to a theoretic and analytical basis to analyze Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as a particular institutional arrangement from the point of view of its transaction costs, an approach that still has been neglected. That negligence has frequently jeopardized the...

This paper aims to contribute to a theoretic and analytical basis to analyze Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as a particular institutional arrangement from the point of view of its transaction costs, an approach that still has been neglected. That negligence has frequently jeopardized the...