Internal institutions: the major unknowns in institutional economics

Stefan Voigt

Chapter 16 in A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics, 2018, pp 145-152 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The crucial role of institutions for economic development is not challenged by anybody in the New Institutional Economics. Yet, to be empirically convincing – and to keep the NIE on its growth path – reliable measures for both external and internal institutions are needed. Internal institutions are those rules whose non-compliance is sanctioned by members of society – not by representatives of the state. This chapter argues that some important questions in the NIE can only be answered if good measures for institutions are made available. This is true in particular for internal institutions. These questions include: (1) What role do internal institutions play for economic development? (2) What are the fundamental determinants of internal institutions? (3) What are the effects for economic development when external and internal institutions are in conflict? (4) Under what conditions will internal institutions be replaced by external ones? (5) Are conflicts between internal and external institutions an important reason for the incomplete implementation of external ones? (6) Are internal institutions likely to change if two groups following different sets of internal institutions interact frequently?

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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