Individuals, Institutions, and Markets

by C. Mantzavinos

Book Overview

Individuals, Institutions, and Markets offers a theory of how the institutional framework of a society emerges and how markets within institutions work. The book shows that both social institutions, defined as the rules of the game, and exchange processes can be analyzed along a common theoretical structure. Mantzavinos' proposal is that a problem solving model of individual behavior inspired by the cognitive sciences provides such a unifying theoretical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521548330
• ISBN13: 9780521548335
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"