Institutions as Knowledge Capital: Ludwig M. Lachmann’s Interpretative Institutionalism

Nicolai Foss () and Giampaolo Garzarelli

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Abstract: The paper revisits the socioeconomic theory of the Austrian School economist Ludwig M. Lachmann. By showing that the common claim that Lachmann’s idiosyncratic (read: eclectic and multidisciplinary) approach to economics entails nihilism is unfounded, it reaches the following conclusions. (1) Lachmann held a sophisticated institutional position to economics that anticipated developments in contemporary new institutional economics. (2) Lachmann’s sociological and economic reading of institutions offers insights for the problem of coordination. (3) Lachmann extends contemporary new institutional theory without simultaneously denying the policy approach of comparative institutional analysis.

Keywords: Comparative institutional analysis; coordination; expectations; institutional evolution; interpretative institutionalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B31 B52 B53 D80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe, nep-knm and nep-soc
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