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Institutional Change and Economic Behaviour

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Editors:
  1. János Kornai

    1. Harvard University, USA
      Central European University and Collegium, Budapest, Hungary

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  2. László Mátyás

    1. Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

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  3. Gérard Roland

    1. University of California, Berkeley, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. The Great Transformation of Central Eastern Europe: Success and Disappointment

    • János Kornai
    Pages 1-37

  3. Transformation in China

    • Qian Yingyi, Wu Jinglian
    Pages 38-63

  4. Institutional Causes of Economic Underdevelopment in the Middle East: a Historical Perspective

    • Timur Kuran
    Pages 64-76

  5. Understanding the Great Changes in the World: Gaining Ground and Losing Ground since World War II

    • Edmund S. Phelps
    Pages 77-98

  6. The Schumpeterian Approach to Education and Growth

    • Philippe Aghion
    Pages 99-112

  7. Analysing Institutional Change: Integrating Endogenous and Exogenous Views

    • Masahiko Aoki
    Pages 113-133

  8. Fast-Moving and Slow-Moving Institutions

    • Gérard Roland
    Pages 134-159

  9. The Endowment Effect and the Origin of Private Property

    • Herbert Gintis
    Pages 160-177

  10. The Complex Evolution of a Simple Traffic Convention: the Functions and Implications of Habit

    • Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Thorbjørn Knudsen
    Pages 178-199

  11. Implications of Behavioural Game Theory for Neoclassical Economic Theory

    • Herbert Gintis
    Pages 200-214

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 215-223
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This book explores institutional change and economic behaviour by examining the transition process in the former socialist countries that joined the EU in 2004, looking at the growth occurring in China, offering a historical perspective on economic underdevelopment in the Middle East, and discussing the neo-classical paradigm.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard University, USA

    János Kornai

  • Central European University and Collegium, Budapest, Hungary

    János Kornai

  • Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

    László Mátyás

  • University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Gérard Roland

About the editors

PHILIPPE AGHION Harvard University, USA MASAHIKO AOKI Stanford University, USA KEN BINMORE University College London, UK HERBERT GINTIS University of Massachusetts, USA; Sante Fe Institute, USA GEOFFREY M. HODGSON University of Hertfordshire Business School, UK THORBJØRN KNUDSEN University of Southern Denmark, Denmark TIMUR KURAN University of Tokyo, Japan EDMUND S. PHELPS Cornell University, USA YINGYI QIAN University of California, Berkeley, USA JOE SWIERZBINSKI University of Aberdeen Business School, UK JINGLIAN WU Development Research Center, Beijing, China; China-Europe International Business School, Shanghai, China

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