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Microeconomics : behavior, institutions, and evolution / Samuel Bowles.

By: Bowles, SamuelMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: The roundtable series in behavioral economicsPublication details: New York : Princeton, N.J. : Russell Sage ; Princeton University Press, c2004. Description: xi, 584 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0691091633 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Microeconomics | Institutional economics | Evolutionary economicsDDC classification: 338.5 LOC classification: HB172 | .B67 2004Online resources: WorldCat Details
Contents:
TOC Preface ix Prologue: Economics and the Wealth of Nations and People 1 Part I: Coordination and Conflict: Generic Social Interactions 21 Chapter One: Social Interactions and Institutional Design 23 Chapter Two: Spontaneous Order: The Self-organization of Economic Life 56 Chapter Three: Preferences and Behavior 93 Chapter Four: Coordination Failures and Institutional Responses 127 Chapter Five: Dividing the Gains to Cooperation: Bargaining and Rent Seeking 167 Part II : Competition and Cooperation: The Institutions of Capitalism 203 Chapter Six: Utopian Capitalism: Decentralized Coordination 205 Chapter Seven: Exchange: Contracts, Norms, and Power 233 Chapter Eight: Employment, Unemployment, and Wages 267 Chapter Nine: Credit Markets, Wealth Constraints, and Allocative Inefficiency 299 Chapter Ten: The Institutions of a Capitalist Economy 331 Part III: Change: The Coevolution of Institutions and Preferences 363 Chapter Eleven: Institutional and Individual Evolution 365 Chapter Twelve: Chance, Collective Action, and Institutional Innovation 402 Chapter Thirteen: The Coevolution of Institutions and Preferences 437 Part IV: Conclusion 471 Chapter Fourteen: Economic Governance: Markets, States, and Communities 473 Problem Sets 502 Additional Readings 529 Works Cited 537 Index 571
Summary: Presents an introduction to modern microeconomic theory. This book develops a theory of how economic institutions shape individual behavior, and how institutions evolve due to individual actions, technological change, and chance events. It addresses institutional innovation, social preferences, nonmarket social interactions, and social capital.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-570) and index.

TOC Preface ix Prologue: Economics and the Wealth of Nations and People 1 Part I: Coordination and Conflict: Generic Social Interactions 21 Chapter One: Social Interactions and Institutional Design 23 Chapter Two: Spontaneous Order: The Self-organization of Economic Life 56 Chapter Three: Preferences and Behavior 93 Chapter Four: Coordination Failures and Institutional Responses 127 Chapter Five: Dividing the Gains to Cooperation: Bargaining and Rent Seeking 167 Part II : Competition and Cooperation: The Institutions of Capitalism 203 Chapter Six: Utopian Capitalism: Decentralized Coordination 205 Chapter Seven: Exchange: Contracts, Norms, and Power 233 Chapter Eight: Employment, Unemployment, and Wages 267 Chapter Nine: Credit Markets, Wealth Constraints, and Allocative Inefficiency 299 Chapter Ten: The Institutions of a Capitalist Economy 331 Part III: Change: The Coevolution of Institutions and Preferences 363 Chapter Eleven: Institutional and Individual Evolution 365 Chapter Twelve: Chance, Collective Action, and Institutional Innovation 402 Chapter Thirteen: The Coevolution of Institutions and Preferences 437 Part IV: Conclusion 471 Chapter Fourteen: Economic Governance: Markets, States, and Communities 473 Problem Sets 502 Additional Readings 529 Works Cited 537 Index 571

Presents an introduction to modern microeconomic theory. This book develops a theory of how economic institutions shape individual behavior, and how institutions evolve due to individual actions, technological change, and chance events. It addresses institutional innovation, social preferences, nonmarket social interactions, and social capital.

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