Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9780511808678
0511808674
9781139648547
1139648543
9781139640909
1139640909
9781139638067
1139638068
1139635735
9781139635738
1316084671
9781316084670
1139647547
9781139647540
0521394163
9780521394161
0521397340
9780521397346
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "Continuing his groundbreaking analysis of economic structures, Douglass North develops an analytical framework for explaining the ways in which institutions and institutional change affect the performance of economies, both at a given time and over time. Institutions exist, he argues, due to the uncertainties involved in human interaction; they are the constraints devised to structure that interaction. Yet, institutions vary widely in their consequences for economic performance; some economies develop institutions that produce growth and development, while others develop institutions that produce stagnation. North first explores the nature of institutions and explains the role of transaction and production costs in their development. The second part of the book deals with institutional change. Institutions create the incentive structure in an economy, and organisations will be created to take advantage of the opportunities provided within a given institutional framework. North argues that the kinds of skills and knowledge fostered by the structure of an economy will shape the direction of change and gradually alter the institutional framework. He then explains how institutional development may lead to a path-dependent pattern of development. In the final part of the book, North explains the implications of this analysis for economic theory and economic history. He indicates how institutional analysis must be incorporated into neo-classical theory and explores the potential for the construction of a dynamic theory of long-term economic change"--Provided by publisher
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| Other form: | Print version: North, Douglass Cecil. Institutions, institutional change, and economic performance. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990 0521394163
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