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Institutions and the path to the modern economy : = lessons from medieval trade /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Institutions and the path to the modern economy :/ Avner Greif.
Reminder of title:	lessons from medieval trade /
remainder title:	Institutions & the Path to the Modern Economy
Author:	Greif, Avner,
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 503 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Commerce - History - Medieval, 500-1500. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511791307
ISBN:	9780511791307 (ebook)

Institutions and the path to the modern economy : = lessons from medieval trade /
Greif, Avner,1955-

Institutions and the path to the modern economy :lessons from medieval trade /Institutions & the Path to the Modern EconomyAvner Greif. - 1 online resource (xix, 503 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Political economy of institutions and decisions. - Political economy of institutions and decisions..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Preliminaries -- Institutions as systems in equilibria -- Institutional dynamics as a historical process -- The empirical method of comparative and historical institutional analysis -- Concluding comments.

It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political, and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions. Institutions are invoked to explain why some countries are rich and others poor, some democratic and others dictatorial. But arguments of this sort gloss over the question of what institutions are, how they come about, and why they persist. They also fail to explain why institutions are influenced by the past, why it is that they can sometimes change, why they differ so much from society to society, and why it is hard to study them empirically and devise a policy aimed at altering them. This 2006 book seeks to overcome these problems, which have exercised economists, sociologists, political scientists, and a host of other researchers who use the social sciences to study history, law, and business administration. It presents a multi-disciplinary perspective to study endogenous institutions and their dynamics.

ISBN: 9780511791307 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

649383
Commerce
--History--Medieval, 500-1500.

LC Class. No.: HF395 / .G74 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 381/.09/02

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