The market for the "old" and the economicse "new" institutional

Adriano José Pereira () and Herton Castiglioni Lopes ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2018, vol. 38, issue 3, 450-468

Abstract: This paper conceives of the market as an institution, and contrasts two theoretical approaches: Institutionalism, with an evolutionary and analytical bias, whose theoretical basis comes from “Old/Original” Institutionalism, and New Institutional Economics, with an analytical, contractual approach, linked to mainstream economics. Both approaches have given relevant contributions, as they consider the importance of institutions for economic performance. The limits of New Institutional Economics are particularly relevant, whose analysis of the operation of markets is centered on the logic of transaction cost economics as a determinant of economic performance. Evolutionary Institutionalism, in turn, sees the market within a broader scope, in which cost economies only partially explains economic performance, but it is not necessarily seen as a determining factor. JEL Classification: B15; D23.

Keywords: Institutional economics; market; transaction costs; evolutionary institutionalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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