New Institutional Economics (NIE) has skyrocketed in scope and influence overthe last three decades. This first Handbook of NIE provides a unique and timely overview of recent developments and broad orientations. Contributions analyse the domain and perspectives of NIE; sections on legal institutions, political institutions, transaction cost economics, governance, contracting, institutional change, and more capture NIE's interdisciplinary nature. This Handbook will be of interest to economists, political scientists, legal scholars, management specialists, sociologists, and others wishing to learn more about this important subject and gain insight into progress made by institutionalists from other disciplines. This compendium of analyses by some of the foremost NIE specialists, including Ronald Coase, Douglass North, Elinor Ostrom, and Oliver Williamson, gives students and new researchers an introduction to the topic and offers established scholars a reference book for their research. INDICE: From the contents Institutions and the Performance of Economies over Time.- The Institutional Structure of Production.- Transaction Cost Economics.- Electoral Institutions and Political Competition.- Presidential versus Parliamentary Government.- Legislative Process and the Mirroring Principle.- ThePerformance and Stability of Federalism.- The Many Legal Institutions That Support Contractual Commitments.- Legal Systems as Frameworks for Market Exchanges.- Market Institutions and Judicial Rulemaking.- Legal Institutions and Financial Development.- The New Institutional Approach to Organization.- Vertical Integration.- Solutions to Principal-Agent Problems in Firms.-The Institutionsof Corporate Governance.- Firms and the Creation of New Markets.-The Make or Buy Decisions.- Agricultural Contracts.- The Enforcement of Contracts and Private Ordering.- The Institutions of Regulation.- State Regulation of Open-Access, Common-Pool Resources.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-77660-4
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 884
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés