03238nam 2200673Ia 450 991082537530332120240410083704.01-280-14296-00-203-98008-5(CKB)1000000000255804(EBL)240319(OCoLC)560373059(SSID)ssj0000263918(PQKBManifestationID)11256305(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263918(PQKBWorkID)10282953(PQKB)11749273(MiAaPQ)EBC240319(Au-PeEL)EBL240319(CaPaEBR)ebr10094992(CaONFJC)MIL14296(EXLCZ)99100000000025580419970515d1997 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrUncertainty and economic evolution[electronic resource] essays in honor of Armen A. Alchian /edited by John R. Lott, Jr1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19971 online resource (220 p.)Routledge studies in business organization and networks ;3Description based upon print version of record.1-138-98637-2 0-415-15166-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; UNCERTAINTY AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION: Essays in honor of Armen A. Alchian; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: Armen A. Alchian's influence on economics; 1 RATIONALITY, EVOLUTION, AND ACQUISITIVENESS; 2 INFORMATION, CHANCE, AND EVOLUTION: Alchian and the economics of self-organization; 3 EVOLUTION AND SPONTANEOUS UNIFORMITY: Evidence from the evolution of the limited liability company; 4 WHY HOLD-UPS OCCUR: The self-enforcing range of contractual relationships; 5 ARMEN ALCHIAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO MACROECONOMICS6 APPROPRIABLE RENTS FROM YELLOWSTONE PARK: A case of incomplete contracting7 CULTURAL EVOLUTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL PUBLIC CHOICE: Institutional diversity and economic performance on American Indian reservations; 8 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION UNDER EAST EUROPEAN STATE SOCIALISM; 9 FREEDOM, WEALTH, AND COERCION; 10 DISCOVERY FACTORS OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM: Respondence, epiphany, and serendipity; 11 IN CELEBRATION OF ARMEN ALCHIAN'S EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEXThe theory of the firm has recently undergone a dramatic transformation, drawing heavily on the pathbreaking work of Armen Alchian. This volume explores his contribution to the debate, including essays by Harold Demetz, Ben Klein, Jerry Jordan and Art Devany.Routledge studies in business organization and networks ;3.UncertaintyRiskEconomicsUncertainty.Risk.Economics.330330.92338.5Lott John R145706Alchian Armen Albert1914-126677MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825375303321Uncertainty and economic evolution3985652UNINA