Institutions, property rights, and economic growth : the legacy of Douglass North

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Institutions, property rights, and economic growth : the legacy of Douglass North / edited by Sebastian Galiani, Itai Sened

Variant Titles:

Institutions, Property Rights, & Economic Growth

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Additional Author/Creators:

Galiani, Sebastián, editor
Sened, Itai, editor

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

North, Douglass C.(Douglass Cecil)
Economic history
Econometrics
Institutional economics
Law and economics

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

The contribution of Douglass C. North to new institutional economics / Claude Ménard and Mary M. Shirley -- Persistence and change in institutions: the evolution of Douglass C. North / John Joseph Wallis -- The new institutionalism / Robert Bates -- 'The rules of the game': what rules? Which game? / Kenneth A. Shepsle-- Institutions and sustainability of ecological systems / Elinor Ostrom -- Land property rights / Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky -- Constitutions as coordinating devices / Gillian K. Hadfield and Barry R. Weingast -- Culture, institutions, and modern growth / Joel Mokyr -- What really happened during the Glorious Revolution? / Steven C.A. Pincus and James A. Robinson -- The grand experiment that wasn't? New institutional economics and the postcommunist experience / Scott Gehlbach and Edmund J. Malesky -- Using economic experiments to measure informal institutions / Pamela Jakiela -- Experimental evidence on the workings of democratic institutions / Pedro Dal Bó.

Summary:

This volume showcases the impact of the work of Douglass C. North, winner of the Nobel Prize and father of the field of new institutional economics. Leading scholars contribute to a substantive discussion that best illustrates the broad reach and depth of Professor North's work. The volume speaks concisely about his legacy across multiple social sciences disciplines, specifically on scholarship pertaining to the understanding of property rights, the institutions that support the system of property rights, and economic growth.

Language:

English

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English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (x, 327 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

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

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937573950802486

ISBN:

1-139-90505-8
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1-139-90308-X
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1-139-90697-6
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1-139-92257-2