TY - BOOK AU - Alt J.E. TI - Perspectives on positive political economy SN - 978-0521398517 U1 - 330 ALT PY - 1990/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Institutional Economics KW - Economic policies KW - Decision making N1 - The New Political Economy -- The emerging discipline of political economy / Peter C. Ordeshook -- Macropolitical economy in the field of development / Robert H. Bates -- Organizations, Transactions, and Opportunities -- Bargaining costs, influence costs, and the organization of economic activity / Paul Milgrom, John Roberts -- Corporate culture and economic theory / David M. Kreps -- Amenity potential, indivisibilities, and political competition / Harold Demsetz -- Reflections on Theoretical Foundations -- Political science and rational choice / William H. Riker -- Institutions and a transaction-cost theory of exchange / Douglass C. North -- The costs of special privilege / Gordon Tullock -- Toward a unified view of economics and the other social sciences / Mancur Olson N2 - "Commissioned pieces for a series of seminars on political economy held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at Harvard University in the fall of 1987"--P. x. Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-255) and index ER -