Economic behavior and institutions /
Thrainn Eggertsson.
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
- xv, 385 p. ; 22 cm.
- Cambridge surveys of economic literature .
CONTENTS preface Part 1. Introduction to the theory page xi 1 Generalizing Neoclassical Economics: new tools and concepts.....…. 3-28 2 Property rights, agency, and economic organization...….. 33-55 3 Explaining the rules..... 59-75 Part II. Property rights and economic outcomes 4 The economics of exclusive rights Introduction...…. 83-116 5 The ownership structure of firms and economic outcomes...….. 125-149 Part III. Explaining economic organization 6 The contractual nature of the firm................ 157-189 7 The logic of economic organization.............. 193-231 Part IV. Explaining property rights 8 The emergence of property rights...... 247-277 9 Property rights in stateless societies............ 281-311 10 The state in Neoinstitutional Economics.................. 317-348 References.................. 359 Author index 379 Subject index 382