Title Institutions and the path to the modern economy : lessons from medieval trade / Avner Greif.

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Description	1 online resource (xix, 503 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Political economy of institutions and decisions
	Political economy of institutions and decisions.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-488) and index.
Contents	Preliminaries -- Institutions as systems in equilibria -- Institutional dynamics as a historical process -- The empirical method of comparative and historical institutional analysis -- Concluding comments.
Summary	It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions. Avner Greif presents a multi-disciplinary perspective to study endogenous institutions and their dynamics and to understand why they are influenced by the past.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Commerce -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500.
	Social institutions.
	Social institutions.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 1050-1350
	500-1500
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Greif, Avner, 1955- Institutions and the path to the modern economy. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 9780521480444 (DLC) 2005006468 (OCoLC)58456774
ISBN	9780511345401 (electronic book)
	0511345402 (electronic book)
	9780511791307 (electronic book)
	0511791305 (electronic book)
	9780521480444 (hardback)
	0521480442 (hardback)
	9780521671347 (paperback,)
	0521671345 (paperback)