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In the 1990s, institutional and evolutionary economics emerged as one of the most creative and successful approaches in the modern social sciences. This reader gathers together contributions from leading international authors in the field of institutional and evolutionary economics including Eileen Appelbaum, Benjamin Coriat, Giovanni Dosi, Sheila C. Dow, Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Uskli Maki, Bart Nooteboom and Marc R. Tool. The emphasis is on key concepts such as learning, trust power, pricing and markets,with some essays devoted to methodology and others to the comparison of different forms of capitalism.

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Author:   Geoffrey M. Hodgson
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.550kg
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9781840644746

ISBN 10:   1840644745
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   28 May 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction by Geoffrey M. Hodgson I LEARNING, TRUST, POWER AND MARKETS 1 Marc R. Tool, ‘Contributions to an institutionalist theory of price determination’, in Geoffrey M. Hodgson and Ernesto Screpanti (eds) (1991), Rethinking Economics: Markets, Technology and Economic Evolution, Aldershot: Edward Elgar, pp. 19–39 2 Bengt-Åke Lundvall, ‘The learning economy: challenges to economic theory and policy’, in Klaus Nielsen and Björn Johnson (eds) (1998), Institutions and Economic Change: New Perspectives on Markets, Firms and Technology, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 33–54 3 David Young, ‘The meaning and role of power in economic theories’, in John Groenewegen, Christos Pitelis and Sven-Erik Sjöstrand (eds) (1995), On Economic Institutions: Theory and Applications, Aldershot: Edward Elgar, pp. 85–100 4 Sandye Gloria-Palermo, ‘Discovery versus creation: implications of the Austrian view of the market process’, in John Groenewegen and Jack Vromen (eds) (1999), Institutions and the Evolution of Capitalism: Implications of Evolutionary Economics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 78–91 5 Hans Berger, Niels G. Noorderhaven and Bart Nooteboom, ‘Determinants of supplier dependence: an empirical study’, in John Groenewegen, Christos Pitelis and Sven-Erik Sjöstrand (eds) (1995), On Economic Institutions: Theory and Applications, Aldershot: Edward Elgar, pp. 195–212 II PLURALISM AND COMPARATIVE PARADIGMS 6 Benjamin Coriat and Giovanni Dosi, ‘The institutional embeddedness of economic change: an appraisal of the “evolutionary” and “regulationist” research programmes’, in Klaus Nielsen and Björn Johnson (eds) (1998), Institutions and Economic Change: New Perspectives on Markets, Firms and Technology, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 3–32 7 Uskali Mäki, ‘The one world and the many theories’, in Andrea Salanti and Ernesto Screpanti (eds) (1997), Pluralism in Economics: New Perspectives in History and Methodology, Aldershot: Edward Elgar, pp. 37–47 8 Sheila C. Dow (1997), ‘Methodological pluralism and pluralism of method’, in Andrea Salanti and Ernesto Screpanti (eds) (1997), Pluralism in Economics: New Perspectives in History and Methodology, Aldershot: Edward Elgar, pp. 89–99 III VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM 9 Eileen Appelbaum and Ronald Schettkat, ‘Institutions and employment performance in different growth regimes’, in Jonathan Michie and Angelo Reati (eds) (1998), Employment, Technology and Economic Needs: Theory, Evidence and Public Policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 91–114 10 Bernard Chavance and Eric Magnin, ‘Emergence of pathdependent mixed economies in Central Europe’, in Ash Amin and Jerzy Hausner (eds) (1997), Beyond Market and Hierarchy: Interactive Governance and Social Complexity, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 196–232 11 Geoffrey M. Hodgson, ‘Varieties of capitalism and varieties of economic theory’, in Klaus Nielsen and Björn Johnson (eds) (1998), Institutions and Economic Change: New Perspectives on Markets, Firms and Technology, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 215–42 Index

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