Handbook on institutions and complexity

edited by Eric Alston (Scholar in Residence, Finance Division, University of Colorado Boulder), Lee J. Alston (Professor of Economics and Affiliate Professor of Law, Emeritus, Indiana University, and Research Associate, NBER, USA) and Bernardo Mueller (Department of Economics, University of Brasl̕ia, Brazil)

"This innovative Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the significance of complexity theory for understanding institutions. Eminent scholars analyse the key tools and concepts of the field, including emergence, networks, ergodicity, and modularity, exploring their contributions to institutional formulation and evolution. Bridging the gap between complexity theory and mainstream economics, this pioneering Handbook reveals novel approaches to understanding institutional processes from the micro to the macro level. Chapters balance theoretical discussions with practical analysis, showcasing the relevance of complexity to specific areas such as cities, forests, religion, and historical development. Ultimately, the Handbook argues that viewing economies and societies as co-evolving, non-linear, path-dependent, and non-equilibrium systems can provide invaluable insights into the study of institutional emergence and impact. Academics and students in economics, politics, public policy and other social sciences will benefit from the in-depth analyses in this prescient Handbook. It is also a valuable resource for policy-makers interested in the study of complex systems and their ever-growing applications"--

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Year of publication:	2025
Other Persons:	Alston, Eric C. (ed.) ; Alston, Lee J. (ed.) ; Mueller, Bernardo (ed.)
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Complexity \| Complex Systems \| Institutions \| Institutional Economics \| Emergence \| Uncertainty \| Institutionenökonomik \| Institutional economics \| Komplexe Systeme \| Complex systems \| Theorie \| Theory \| Komplexitätsmanagement \| Complexity management \| Öffentliche Einrichtung \| Komplexität
Published items:	17 hits in ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (410 pages)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: Introduction: Towards a complex theory of institutional analysis / Eric Alston, Lee J. Alston, and Bernardo Mueller -- 1. On the complexity of the link between institutions and complexity: An overview / Eric Alston, Lee J. Alston and Bernardo Mueller -- 2. Five uncanny rules, results, restrictions, and regularities from complex systems / Bernardo Mueller -- Part I: Complexity theory helps us understand social and economic orders -- 3. Douglass north, new institutional economics, and complexity theory / John B. Davis with Mauro Boianovsky -- 4. Rethinking systems of survival: Jane jacobs amplifed via complexity theory / Meg Tuszynski and Richard E. Wagner -- 5. Institutional dynamics in an economy seen as a complex adaptive system / Miguel Vazquez, Gustavo Andreão, and José Maria F.J. da Silveira -- 6. Exiting ergodicity / Abigail Devereaux -- 7. The coevolution of everything, everywhere, all at once: Institutions, culture, and the great enrichment / Bernardo Mueller -- Part II: Historical development and complexity -- 8. Beliefs, institutions and norms in a complex system / Lee J. Alston -- 9. Social models and institutional policy: Four walks in the dark / Thráinn Eggertsson -- 10. Religion, political legitimacy, and complexity / Jared Rubin -- 11. Political and economic institutional emergence / Eric Alston -- Part III: Economic institutional units and complexity -- 12. The complex architecture of property rights / Henry E. Smith -- 13. The complex world of micro-institutions: The illustrative case of hybrids / Claude Menard -- 14. Complex systems interplay: Cities and institutions / Bernardo Alves Furtado -- Part IV: How organizations and institutions limitedly confront complexity -- 15. Imprisoning complexity in modules / Richard N. Langlois -- 16. Economic complexity, institutions, and industrial policy / -- Renan sousa and bernardo mueller -- 17. The challenge of governing complex forest ecosystems: Can a polycentric approach help? / Komal Preet Kaur, Varnitha Kurli, and Krister Andersson -- Index.
ISBN:	978-1-0353-0972-6 ; 978-1-0353-0971-9
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781035309726 [DOI]
Classification:	Internationale Organisationen
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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