The Dichotomy, Inconsistency, and Peculiar Outmodedness of the „Mainstream“ Textbook. The Example of Institutions

Wolfram Elsner

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Abstract: This paper critically reviews the leading microeconomic textbooks of Varian, Pindyck/Rubinfeld, and Schumann/Meyer/Stroebele, with a focus on their theoretical inconsistencies and their lack of an institutional perspective.

Keywords: microeconomics; economic teaching; textbooks; institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A20 A22 A23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04-03
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