@ARTICLE{17688983_1999, author = {Klein, Peter G.}, keywords = {asset specifity, institution, law and economics, new institutional economics, rule, transaction cost}, title = {New Institutional Economics}, journal = {Encyclopedia of Law and Economics}, year = {1999}, month = {}, volume = {}, number = {}, pages = {}, url = {http://ecsocman.hse.ru/text/17688983/}, publisher = {}, language = {ru}, abstract = {This chapter surveys the new institutional economics, a rapidly growing literature combining economics, law, organization theory, political science, sociology and anthropology to understand social, political and commercial institutions. This literature tries to explain what institutions are, how they arise, what purposes they serve, how they change and how they may be reformed. Following convention, the author distinguishes between the institutional environment (the background constraints, or rules of the game, that guide individuals behavior) and institutional arrangements (specific guidelines designed by trading partners to facilitate particular exchanges). In both cases, the discussion here focuses on applications, evidence and policy implications. }, annote = {This chapter surveys the new institutional economics, a rapidly growing literature combining economics, law, organization theory, political science, sociology and anthropology to understand social, political and commercial institutions. This literature tries to explain what institutions are, how they arise, what purposes they serve, how they change and how they may be reformed. Following convention, the author distinguishes between the institutional environment (the background constraints, or rules of the game, that guide individuals behavior) and institutional arrangements (specific guidelines designed by trading partners to facilitate particular exchanges). In both cases, the discussion here focuses on applications, evidence and policy implications. } }