This book uses game theory to analyse the creation, evolution and function of economic and social institutions. The author illustrates his analysis by describing the organic or unplanned evolution of institutions such as the conventions of war, the use of money, property rights and oligopolistic pricing conventions. Professor Schotter begins by linking his work with the ideas o...(展开全部)

The fullest general statement of Max Weber's sociological theory to appear in any of his writings, The Theory of Social and Economic Organization is an introduction to Weber's ambitious comparitive study of the sociological and institutional foundations of the modern economic and social order. In this work originally published in German in 1920, Weber discusses the analytical m...(展开全部)

Chapter 1 Transaction Cost Economics Firms, markets, and relational contracting are important economic institutions. They are also the evolutionary product of a fascinating series of organizational innovations. The study of the economic institutions of capitalism has not, however, occupied a position of importance on the social science research agenda. Partly this neglect is ex...(展开全部)

Chapter 1 Transaction Cost Economics Firms, markets, and relational contracting are important economic institutions. They are also the evolutionary product of a fascinating series of organizational innovations. The study of the economic institutions of capitalism has not, however, occupied a position of importance on the social science research agenda. Partly this neglect is ex...(展开全部)

社会制度的经济理论 安德鲁•肖特 纽约大学 陆铭 陈钊 译 目 录 序言 1 社会制度的性质与功能 1.1 朝着一个新的经济学观点 1.2 福利经济学和比较社会制度：博弈的最优规则 1.3 谁应该研究社会制度？ 博弈1.1 交通博弈 1.4 被定义的制度 博弈1.2：电话博弈 1.5 方法 1.6 制度与不确定性 博弈1.3 弟兄博弈 1.7 一些博弈理论的术语 1.8 对后面内容的预览 2 自然状态理论和制度的产生 2.1 可能导致社会制度创造的情况 协调问题 囚犯困境博弈 保持不平等的社会制度 在合作博弈环...(展开全部)

The Theory of Monetary Institutions covers free banking monetary thought and a theoretical account of the evolution of monetary institutions.

This second edition assesses some of the major refinements, extensions, and useful applications that have developed in neoinstitutionalist thought in recent years. More attention is given to the overlap between the New Institutional Economics and developments in economic history and political science. In addition to updated references, new material includes analysis of parallel...(展开全部)

This second edition assesses some of the major refinements, extensions, and useful applications that have developed in neoinstitutionalist thought in recent years. More attention is given to the overlap between the New Institutional Economics and developments in economic history and political science. In addition to updated references, new material includes analysis of parallel...(展开全部)

First black Nobel laureate other than Peace.

Lewis published The Theory of Economic Growth in 1955 in which he sought to “provide an appropriate framework for studying economic development,” driven by a combination of “curiosity and of practical need.”