Performativity of economic systems: approach and implications for taxonomy

Carsten Herrmann-Pillath

Journal of Economic Methodology, 2013, vol. 20, issue 2, 139-163

Abstract: The paper proposes to ground the taxonomy of economic systems on the identification of strongly performative institutions as distinctive features. I analyse performativity on the basis of the Aoki model of institutions, enriched by current approaches to performativity, which I combine with Searle's notion of a status function. Performativity is conceived as resulting from the conjunction of public representations (sign systems) and behavioural dispositions which channel strategic interactions among actors such that certain sets of institutions are reproduced recurrently. I apply this approach to the case of ‘financial capitalism’ and analyse three strongly performative institutions, the accounting standards (International Financial Reporting Standards), managerial incentive systems and intellectual property rights.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/1350178X.2013.801559

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