The Cost of Institutions: Information and Freedom in Expanding Economies

Rodriguez, J.; Loomis, S.; Weeres, J.

Contesting prior assumptions that institutions simplify the world for the sake of efficiency, this book argues that rather than institution expansion indicating the movement of markets to optimal states, expanding institutions generate information costs.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-04-09

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403979698

DOI: 10.1057/9780230604797

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 198