Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Douglass C. North — Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance (1990)Douglass C. North · 1990 · Book · ch. 1; book descriptionEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0598 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: New institutional economics · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“North defined institutions as the rules of the game in a society, the humanly devised constraints that shape human interaction, comprising formal rules, informal constraints and their enforcement characteristics.”
Evidence that supports
2Economic Performance through Time (Prize Lecture, 9 December 1993)
Douglass C. North — Economic Performance through Time (Prize Lecture, 9 December 1993) (1993)Douglass C. North · 1993 · Web page · Sections II–IIIEvidence that contradicts
0No counter-evidence recorded.
Context
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1993 (Robert W. Fogel and Douglass C. North)
The Economic Institutions of Capitalism: Firms, Markets, Relational Contracting
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