Individuals, Institutions, and Markets

Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Individuals: 1. Explaining individual behavior: the problem-solving framework 2. The motivational aspect: the strive for utility increase 3. The cognitive aspect: the theory of learning 4. The choice aspect Part II. Institutions: 5. Shared mental models: emergence and evolution 6. Explaining institutions 7. Informal institutions 8. Formal institutions Part III. Markets: 9. Institutions and the market: the aggregate level 10. Institutions and market: the microeconomic level 11. The theory of evolutionary competition 12. An application: institutions, markets, and economic development Concluding observations: unified social science as political economy? References Author index Subject index.