 A new institutional perspective on business associations: Filling a gap between firms and states in the dynamic analysis of Richard DayJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, vol. 211, issue C, 49-59 Abstract: In much of his work, Richard H. Day was concerned with the dynamics of growth among firms, households, industries and entire economies, and the fact that normal processes could end up at multiple equilibria or even out of equilibrium. To his great credit, he made use of optimizing models based on rational expectations to examine how firms and their managers would react in ways that would deal with the obstacles facing them, in some cases with the help of suitable policies of democratic governments. The purpose of this analysis is to point to a number of circumstances in which one type of institution omitted from his analysis, namely, business associations, might be able to serve as a very useful intermediary between the firms and government in mitigating the risks and inefficiencies that otherwise might lead to unfortunate equilibria and disequilibria in which firms and entire economies might find themselves. Keywords: Business associations; Firm dynamics; Collective action; Coordination (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:211:y:2023:i:c:p:49-59 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2023.04.015 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization is currently edited by Houser, D. and Puzzello, D. More articles in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization from Elsevier |
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