Harold Demsetz

From Economic Man to Economic System

Essays on Human Behavior and the Institutions of Capitalism

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Produktbeschreibung

The essays in this book discuss human behavior and the institutions of capitalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781107640856
• ISBN-10: 1107640857
• Artikelnr.: 35456186

Autorenporträt

Harold Demsetz is Arthur Anderson UCLA Alumni Emeritus Professor of Business Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he has taught since 1971 and where he directed UCLA's business economics program. Counted among the world's 100 most eminent economists in Mark Blaug's book Great Economists since Keynes, his published work was recently ranked as among the top ten most frequently cited bodies of work by an economist. Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Economics, among other directories, include his biography.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Where economic man dwells
2. Economic man's escape from Mathus's population trap
3. Protecting you from yourself
4. Rescuing economic man from the selfish gene
5. Crossing disciplinary boundaries
6. The late arrival of capitalism
7. Ownership and exchange
8. Reinterpreting the externality problem
9. Firms and households as substitutes
10. The contrast between firms and political parties
11. The public corporation: its ownership and control
12. Public policy's indirect effects on the control, organization, and importance of firms.