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授業科目名 (英文名) |
Readings on Institutional Economics Readings
on Institutional Economics |
単位数 |
2単位 |
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担当者所属・職・氏名 |
経済学研究科・講師 D.ヤルナゾフ Dimiter Ialnazov |
期 間 |
前期 |
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テーマ |
Institutional Economics and Its Applications
to Developing and Post-Socialist Countries |
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受講についての 必要な予備知識 |
英語によるコミュニケーション能力 英語で書かれた専門書の読解能力 |
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評価の方法 |
Evaluation
will be done on the basis of the following criteria: 1.Attendance
and participation (e.g. reviews of chapters from the required readings and
contribution to the discussions) 50%
2.The
quality of 2 written essays and their oral presentations 50% |
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テキスト |
Copies
of chapters from the required readings will be distributed in advance |
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参考文献 |
B. Chavance, Institutional Economics, Routledge, 2009. E. Furubotn and R. Richter, Institutions and Economic Theory: The
Contribution of the New Institutional Economics, University of Michigan
Press, 2005. C. Menard and M. Shirley (eds.), Handbook of New Institutional Economics,
Springer, 2005. |
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オフィスアワー |
Feel free to talk to me after the classes or
make an appointment by e-mail (ialnazov@econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp) |
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授業の概要 ・
授業計画 |
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本講義は留学生対象ですが、日本人学生の受講も歓迎しています。ただし、完全に英語で教えている授業なので、ある程度の英語コミュニケーション能力は必要です。受講希望者はialnazov@econ.kyoto-u.ac.jpまでメールをください。 Course description The aim of this course is
to give the students some basic knowledge about institutional economic
theories and their practical applications for policy making in developing and
post-socialist countries. The main idea behind the course is that
institutions matter greatly for economic performance and that the diversity
of development/transformation paths can be explained by cross-country variations
in the quality of institutions. During the course we will use the definition
of institutions as Òdurable and shared social rulesÓ and NorthÕs distinction
between formal and informal institutions. The New Institutional EconomicsÕ(NIE)
understanding of institutions as contractual arrangements helping to reduce
transaction costs and constrain opportunistic behavior will be examined too. The course will also seek
answers to the following questions: (1) what kind of policies and
institutions are needed to achieve successful economic performance? (2) why
are some countries more successful than others? why do similar economic
reforms succeed in some countries but fail in others? (3) how can we explain
variations in economic performance among the former socialist countries?
After obtaining some basic knowledge about institutional economics, the students
will apply the institutional approach to individual country cases and compare
cases of policies and institutions in different countries. Course outline 1. Introduction 2. Explanations of the
causes of economic growth and development I: the neoclassical growth theory 3. Explanations of the
causes of economic growth and development II: the new growth theory and the
role of government policies 4. Case studies of rapid
economic development in postwar Japan and contemporary China 5. Good and bad government
policies: the Washington Consensus and the New Political Economy (NPE) 6. Student
presentations on the first essays 7. Good and bad
institutions from the perspective of the new institutional economics (transaction
costs and opportunism) 8. The new institutional
economics about property rights 9. Good and bad
institutions from the perspective of historical institutional economics (path
dependence, increasing returns and lock-in) 10. The historical
institutional economics about formal and informal institutions 11. How to measure
institutional quality? Examples of indicators to judge rule of law, security
of property rights, transaction costs, corruption, etc. 12. Student
presentations on the second essays 13. International trade,
FDI and institutions 14. Innovation, the
knowledge economy and institutions 15. Summary and
conclusions |
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