North, Douglass C. <br/><br/>
Institutions, institutional change and economic performance /  
por Douglass C. North. -- 
 - New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2005. 
 - 152 p. 
 - (The political economy of institutions and decisions) .
<br/><br/> Series editor's preface  Preface  Part I - Institutions  I An introduction to institutions and institutional change<br/>  2 Cooperation: the theoretical problem  3 The behavioral assumptions in a theory of institutions  4 A transaction cost theory of exchange  5 Informal constraints  6 Formal constraints  7 Enforcement  8 Institutions and transaction and transformation costs  Part II - Institutional change  9 Organizations, learning, and institutional change  10 Stability and institutional change  11 The path of institutional change  Part Ill - Economic performance  12 Institutions, economic theory, and economic performance  13 Stability and change in economic history  14 Incorporating institutional analysis into economic history: prospects and puzzles  References  Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521397340 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economia <br/>Planejamento Econômico<br/> Política Econômica