000			01413nam a2200157Ia 4500
020			_a978-0521398517
082			_a330 ALT
100			_aAlt J.E.
245			_aPerspectives on positive political economy
260			_bCambridge University Press _aNew York _c1990
300			_ax,268p. _b23 cm ; Pbk
505			_aThe 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.
520			_a "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.
650			_aInstitutional Economics _aEconomic policies _aDecision making
942			_cBK
999			_c73835 _d73835