Making a market : the institutional transformation of an African society /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ensminger, Jean, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Political economy of institutions and decisions
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • A proper marriage: new institutional economic anthropology
  • Transaction costs: the history of trade among the Orma
  • Distribution of the gains from trade
  • Agency theory: patron-client relations as a form of labor contracting
  • Property rights: dismantling the commons
  • Collective action: from community to state
  • Conclusion: ideology and the economy.