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Collective action and exchange : a game-theoretic approach to contemporary political economy /

In Collective Action and Exchange: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Contemporary Political Economy, William D. Ferguson presents a comprehensive political economy text aimed at advanced undergraduates in economics and graduate students in the social sciences. The text utilizes collective action as a uni...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferguson, William D., 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a farmers' market
  • Collective-action problems and innovative theory
  • The basic economics of collective action
  • Enforcement, coordination, and second-order collective-action problems
  • Seizing advantage : strategic moves and power in exchange
  • Basic motivation : rational egoists and reciprocal players
  • Foundations of motivation: rationality and social preference
  • Institutions, organizations, and institutional systems
  • Informal institutions
  • Internal resolution via group self-organization
  • Third-party enforcement, formal institutions, and interactions with self-governance
  • Social networks and collective action
  • Policy and political economy
  • Knowledge, collective action, institutions, location, and growth.