Instructors
Avner Greif - Stanford University

Emphasis is on the formative period from the 11th to 18th centuries. Formation, function, and evolution of institutions; alternative conceptual frameworks such as neoclassical, transaction cost economics, institutionalism, and Marxism and neo-Marxism; game theory, mechanism design, and contract theory. Institutions related to trade organization, the organization of production, feudalism, mercantilism, and the state.

Level
Graduate and undergraduate

Units
2-5

Department
Department of Economics
School of Humanities and Sciences