new institutional economics
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New institutional economics is a school of economic thought that extends neoclassical economics by emphasizing the role of institutions, transaction costs, and property rights in shaping economic behavior and outcomes.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| new institutional economics canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
branch of economics
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institutional economics ⓘ school of economic thought ⓘ |
| analyzes |
contracts
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economic history through institutions ⓘ firms as governance structures ⓘ markets as institutions ⓘ organizational forms ⓘ regulation ⓘ states as institutions ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
development economics
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economic history ⓘ industrial organization ⓘ organizational economics ⓘ political economy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Armen A. Alchian
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Claude Ménard NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglass C. North NERFINISHED ⓘ Elinor Ostrom NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Demsetz NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver E. Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Coase NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoram Barzel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildsOn |
Coase theorem
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agency theory ⓘ game theory ⓘ law and economics ⓘ property rights theory ⓘ public choice theory ⓘ transaction cost economics ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | old institutional economics ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
formal institutions
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informal institutions ⓘ |
| emerged | 1960s ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
institutions
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property rights ⓘ transaction costs ⓘ |
| extends | neoclassical economics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
comparative institutional analysis
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contract enforcement ⓘ governance structures ⓘ incomplete contracts ⓘ information asymmetries ⓘ principal–agent problems ⓘ role of institutions in economic performance ⓘ transaction cost minimization ⓘ |
| gainedProminence | 1970s ⓘ |
| influenced |
governance of the firm literature
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policy debates on institutions and growth ⓘ theories of economic development ⓘ |
| views | institutions as rules of the game ⓘ |
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