New Institutional Economics (NIE) has skyrocketed in scope and influence over the last three decades. This first Handbook of NIE provides a unique and timely overview of recent developments and broad orientations. Contributions analyse the domain and perspectives of NIE; sections on legal...

Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation Institutional Perspectives Edited by Claude Menard Professor of Economics, University of Paris (Pantheon-Sorbonne), France Michel Ghertman University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis and GREDEG, France ADVANCES IN NEW INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS Edward...

Building on Oliver Williamson's original analysis, the contributors introduce new ideas, different perspectives and provide tools for better understanding changes in the approach to regulation, the reform of public utilities, and the complex problems of governance. They draw largely upon a...

Contents: Introduction / Claude Ménard and Mary M. Shirley -- Part I Government institutions -- 1. Collective action and government: still a mystery / Philip Keefer -- 2. What's next for the study of non-democracy? / Scott Gehlbach -- 3. The power and limits of federalism / Emilia Simison and...