Carl Hampus Lyttkens

Economic Analysis of Institutional Change in Ancient Greece

Politics, Taxation and Rational Behaviour

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an economic analysis of the causes and consequences of institutional change in ancient Athens. Focusing on the period 800-300 BCE, it looks in particular at the development of political institutions and taxation, including a new look at the activities of individuals like Solon, Kleisthenes and Perikles and on the changes in political rules and taxation after the Peloponnesian War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9781138902312
• ISBN-10: 1138902314
• Artikelnr.: 41855843

Autorenporträt

Carl Hampus Lyttkens is a Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Lund, Sweden

Inhaltsangabe

1. Ancient Greece, institutional change and economic analysis 2. Historical
background. Ancient Greece from the demise of the Mycenaean society to the
death of Alexander the Great 3. The emergence of the polis and its
institutions 4. The road to democracy part 1: A structural approach 5. The
road to democracy part 2: Institutional change as individually rational
action 6. Taxation - ubiquitous and telling 7. Institutions and markets 8.
Economic analysis of institutional change in ancient Greece - the past
meets the present