Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy

图书标准信息

• 作者 Avner Greif 著
• 出版社 Cambridge University Press
• 出版时间 2006-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780521671347
• 定价 306.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 326页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Itiswidelybelievedthatcurrentdisparitiesineconomic,political,andsocialoutcomesreflectdistinctinstitutions.Institutionsareinvokedtoexplainwhysomecountriesarerichandotherspoor,somedemocraticandothersdictatorial.Butargumentsofthissortglossoverthequestionofwhatinstitutionsare,howtheycomeabout,andwhytheypersist.Theyalsofailtoexplainwhyinstitutionsareinfluencedbythepast,whyitisthattheycansometimeschange,whytheydiffersomuchfromsocietytosociety,andwhyitishardtostudythemempiricallyanddeviseapolicyaimedatalteringthem.Thisbookseekstoovercometheseproblems,whichhaveexercisedeconomists,sociologists,politicalscientists,andahostofotherresearcherswhousethesocialsciencestostudyhistory,law,andbusinessadministration.Itpresentsamulti-disciplinaryperspectivetostudyendogenousinstitutionsandtheirdynamics.

【作者简介】

AvnerGreifistheBowmanFamilyEndowedProfessorinHumanitiesandSciencesatStanfordUniversitywhereheteacheseconomics.HeistherecipientoffellowshipsfromtheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,theEconometricsSociety,andtheMacArthurFoundation.HehaspublishedarticlesinAmericanPoliticalScienceReview,EuropeanReviewofEconomicHistory,ChicagoJournalofInternationalLaw,andtheJournalofPoliticalEconomyaswellasmanyeditedbooks.Greifisalsoaco-authorofAnalyticNarrative(PrincetonUniversityPress,1998).