Schmid Conflict and Cooperation

Institutional and Behavioral Economics
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4238-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten, E-Book

Allan Schmid's innovative text, Conflict and Cooperation:Institutional and Behavioral Economics,investigates "the rulesof the game," how institutions--both formal and informal--affectthese rules, and how these rules are changed to serve competinginterests. This text addresses both formal and informalinstitutions and the impact of alternative institutions, as well asinstitutional change and evolution. With its broad applications andnumerous practice and discussion questions, this book will beappealing not only to students of economics, but also to thosestudying sociology, law, and political science.
* * Addresses formal and informal institutions, the impact ofalternative institutions, and institutional change andevolution.
* Presents a framework open to changing preferences, boundedrationality, and evolution.
* Explains how to form empirically testable hypotheses usingexperiments, case studies, and econometrics.
* Includes numerous practice and discussion questions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmid, A. Allan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Forword by Warren J. Samuels.
Preface.
1. Introduction.
2. Institutional and Behavioral Economics Theory.
3. Behavioral Economics.
4. Individuals and Institutions.
5. Institutions and Organizations.
6. Sources of Human Interdependence.
7. Methods.
8. Markets.
9. Macro-Economic Institutions.
10. Technology, Growth, and Institutions.
11. Labor Institutions.
12. Political Institutions.
13. Institutional Change Analysis.
14. Recapitulation.
References.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

A. Allan Schmid is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Michigan State University. He is the author of eight books, including Property, Power, and Public Choice (second edition, 1987), and Benefit-Cost Analysis: A Political Economy Approach (1989).