Readings:
Samuel Bowles (2004) Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions, and Evolution Princeton University Press.
Hans-Werner Sinn (2003) The New Systems Competition Blackwell Publishers
Background reading:
Oliver Williamson (1987) The Economic Institutions of Capitalism. The Free Press, New York.
Pranab Bardhan, Samuel Bowles and Michael Wallerstein eds. (2004). Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution, (forthcoming)
In addition the readings include articles on a list determined by the lecturers:
Sharun Mukand and Dani Rodrik In Search of the Holy Grail: Policy Convergence, Experimentation, and Economic Performance. Downloadable at Dani Rodriks homepage
Moene, Karl, Michael Wallerstein and Michael Hoel (1993) Bargaining Structure and Economic Performance in Flanagan, Moene and Wallerstein (eds) Trade Union Behaviour, Pay Bargaining and Economic Perforance. Claredon Press, Oxford.(K)
R. Coase The nature of the firm Economica 4, 1937. Downloadable at jstor.org
A. Alchian and H. Demzets Production, information costs and economic organization American Economic Review, 62 No 5, 1972. Downloadable at jstor.org
Steve Marglin What do bosses do? i Giddens & Hold, s. 285-298. (K)
Amartya Sen Labour allocation in a cooperative enterprise Review of Economic Studies vol 33 No 96 October 1966. Downloadable at jstor.org
Leif Johansen The Bargaining society and the inefficiency of bargaining Kyklos, 32, no 3, 1979. (K)
L.Badcock and G. Loewenstein Explaining Bargaining Impasse. The Role of Self-Serving Biases Journal of Economic Perspectives vol 11, no 1, 1997. (K)
Karl Ove Moene and Michael Wallerstein Colective bargaining versus workers ownership Journal of Comparative Economics, 17, (1993), 628-645. (K)
Martin L. Weitzman Profit-sharing capitalism in Elster and Moene eds, Alternatives to capitalism, Cambridge University Press 1989, s. 61-70. (K)
Martin L. Weitzman The simple macroeconomics of profit-sharing American Economic Review, vol 75, 1985. Downloadable at jstor.org
Raaj K. Sah and Joseph E. Stiglitz The architecture of economic systems: Hierachies and Polyarchies American Economic Review, vol 76, September 1986. Downloadable at jstor.org
K. Moene Types of bureaucratic interaction Journal of Public Economics vol 29, 1986. (K)
A. Shleifer and R. Vishny Corruption Quarterly Journal of Economics 1993. Downloadable at jstor.org
J.C. Andvig and . K. Moene How corruption may corrupt Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 13, 1990. (K)
K. Moene and M. Wallerstein Social Democratic Labor Market Institutions: A Retrospective Analysis In H. Kitschelt, P. Lange, G. Marks and J.Stephens (eds) Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism. Cambridge University Press, 1999. (K)
E. Fehr and S. G?chter Fairness and Retaliation: The Economics of Reciprocity Journal of Economic Perspectives vol 14, no 3, 2000. Downloadable at jstor.org
Janos Kornai Resource constrained versus demand constrained systems Econometrica vol 47, no 4,1979. (K)
Acemoglu, D and J. A. Robinson (2000) Why did the West extend the franchise? Democracy, inequality and growth in historical perspective Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, 1167-1200 (K)
Richard Freeman (1995) Are your wages set in Bejing Journal of Economic Perspectives 9(3). Downloadable at jstor.org
Hall, Robert E. and Charles I. Jones Why Do Some Countries Produce So Much More Output per Worker than Others? Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 1999, 114 (1), 83-116.(K)
Rodrik, D. (2000) How far will international economic integration go? Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter. Downloadable at jstor.org
Rodrik, D. (1999) Democracies pay higher wages Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol CXIV pp. 707-738. (K)