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Contents: Introduction / Claude Ménard and Mary M. Shirley -- Part I Government institutions -- 1. Collective action and government: still a mystery / Philip Keefer -- 2. What's next for the study of non-democracy? / Scott Gehlbach -- 3. The power and limits of federalism / Emilia Simison and Daniel Ziblatt -- 4. Evaluating the performance of regulations and regulatory institutions / Joseph E. Aldy -- 5. Public goods provision in developing countries: a research agenda for new institutional economics / Katrina Kosec and Tewodaj Mogues -- Part II Contracts and organizations -- 6. A mutually beneficial relationship: relational contracts in developing countries / Rocco Macchiavello -- 7. Contracting in innovative industries / Ricard Gil and Giorgio Zanarone -- 8. Interrelated technical and institutional coordination: the case of network infrastructures / Rolf Künneke -- 9. Cognition and governance: a research agenda for the new institutional economics / Kyle J. Mayer -- 10. Tools and approaches in public contracting research / Marian W. Moszoro -- 11. Transaction and transactors' choices: what we have learned and what we need to explore / Massimiliano Vatiero -- Part III Laws and property rights -- 12. Questions of property rights / Dominic Parker -- 13. (Real) behavior meets (real) institutions: towards a research agenda on the study of the commons / Juan Camilo Cardenas -- 14. Property rights and economic development: taking stock, looking ahead / Carmine Guerriero -- 15. The China experience: an institutional approach / Cheryl Long -- Part IV Norms, culture, and beliefs -- 16. Internal institutions: the major unknowns in institutional economics / Stefan Voigt -- 17. The coevolution of institutions and culture / Bernardo Mueller -- 18. Modelling the institutional matrix: norms, culture, and robust design / Jenna Bednar -- 19. Corruption and the new institutional economics / Miriam A. Golden -- 20. Religion and institutions / Sriya Iyer -- Part V Institutions in a rapidly changing world -- 21. Family and gender: questions for the NIE / Raquel Fernández -- 22. Research frontiers in the institutional analysis of work / John S. Ahlquist -- 23. Challenges of agricultural organization to growth and climate / Paul Castañeda Dower -- 24. Is blockchain hype, revolutionary, or both? what we need to know / Sarah Oh and Scott Wallsten -- 25. New media, new issues / Francisco Sobbrio -- Part VI New approaches and new tools -- 26. Neo-institutionalism in ancient economic history: the road ahead / Taco Terpstra -- 27. Measuring institutions: what we do not know / Jan Teorell -- 28. Data science for institutional and organizational economics / Jens Prüfer and Patricia Prüfer -- 29. How do experiments inform collective action research? / Maroš Servátka -- 30. Recognizing and solving institutional puzzles / Douglas W. Allen -- Index.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. In recent years, an explosive rise in computing power and the digitization of data has allowed researchers in new institutional economics (NIE) to investigate questions that could never before be systematically analysed. This book explores key issues for future research in the field, analysing both traditional areas of focus in NIE and more recent areas of interest. Consisting of 30 concise chapters written by top NIE scholars, this Research Agenda probes issues at the forefront of NIE, including government, contracts, property rights, norms, culture, and beliefs. Analysing rapid changes in technology and the environment, such as the rise of social media and the effects of climate change in agriculture, this book offers unique insights into key contemporary issues. Written in non-technical terms, this book will inform and inspire students and those starting their careers in economics, law and political science. NIE scholars will also find the book invaluable in updating their understanding of crucial research questions and seeking new areas to explore