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Institutional Economics Course Summary: A Comprehensive Overview of Institutions and Economic Behavior

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This summary delves into the principles of institutional economics, examining the role of institutions in shaping economic behavior and outcomes. It covers key concepts such as property rights, transaction costs, and the impact of social norms. Designed to aid students in understanding the significance of institutions in economic analysis, this concise resource is ideal for exam preparation and coursework support. Enhance your grasp of institutional economics with this valuable summary available on Stuvia!

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Contents
1 Lecture 1: Introduction 5

2 Lecture 2: From old to new institutional economics 9
2.1 Old institutional economics (OIE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2 new insitutional economics (NIE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3 summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3 Lecture 3: Transaction costs 13
3.1 transaction costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2 principal - agent problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.3 wrapping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4 Lecture 4: Property rights 19
4.1 why do we need property rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.2 protecting property rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5 Lecture 5: Institutions and development: theory 25
5.1 the theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.2 Theory at work, some examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2.1 example 1: Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.3 Example 2: European economic dominance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.4 example 3: institutional divergence of the koreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.5 summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

6 Lecture 6: Institutions and development: empirics 31
6.1 empirical evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6.1.1 method A: natual experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6.1.2 Method B: instrumental variables (IV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

7 Lecture 7: Culture and religion 35
7.1 Defining Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
7.2 the effect of culture on preferences and beliefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
7.3 Some further considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

8 Lecture 8: transaction costs and networks 39
8.1 inter-organisational networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
8.2 empirical research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
8.2.1 research question: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
8.2.2 Theoretical concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.2.3 conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40




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9 Lecture 9: Path dependency and history 41
9.1 the need for- and costs of a government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
9.2 Perfect information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
9.3 asymmetric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
9.4 The broader context of policy making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

10 Lecture 10: Welfare states and capitalism 46
10.1 welfare states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
10.2 capitalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
10.3 summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

11 Lecture 11: Unequal exchange 50

12 Lecture 12: Conclusion 52

13 Tutorial 1 55

14 Tutorial 2 57




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