Economía de las instituciones: de Coase y North a Williamson y Ostrom

• Autores: Gonzalo Caballero Miguez
• Localización: Ekonomiaz: Revista vasca de economía, ISSN 0213-3865, Nº. Extra 77, 2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La nueva economía institucional), págs. 14-51
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen
  • español

    La Economía de las instituciones constituye un campo de referencia en la ciencia económica de principios del siglo xxi. La Nueva Economía Institucional impulsó el retorno de las instituciones a la agenda de investigación principal de los economistas. Para ello, Ronald Coase aportó la noción de los costes de transacción, Douglass North concibió a las instituciones como reglas de juego, Oliver Williamson conceptualizó la gobernanza de la empresa y Elinor Ostrom la gobernanza de los bienes comunes. La concesión del Nobel de Economía a Coase (1991), North (1993), Williamson (2009) y Ostrom (2009) evidencia el reconocimiento de los avances del análisis institucional moderno. Este artículo realiza una aproximación a las instituciones, la gobernanza y el cambio institucional mediante el análisis de las principales aportaciones de los cuatro autores de referencia y la discusión de los argumentos fundamentales de Nueva Economía institucional.

  • English

    Economics of Institutions constitutes a main field in economics of xxi Century. The New Institutional Economics propelled the «return of institutions» into the research agenda of the mainstream in economics. Ronald Coase provided the notion of transaction costs, Douglass North understood institutions as the rules of the game, Oliver Williamson conceptualized the governance of the firm and Elinor Ostrom studied the governance of the commons. The Nobel prizes awarded to Coase in 1991, North in 1993, Williamson in 2009 and Ostrom in 2009 show the advances of the modern institutional analysis. This paper implies an approach to institutions, governance and institutional change from the analyses of the main contributions of the four principal authors and the debate over the central arguments of the institutional economic literature.

  • euskara

    Erakunde ekonomia erreferen tziako eremua da xxi. mendearen hasierako zien tzia ekonomikoan. Erakunde Ekonomia Berriak erakundeak ekonomialarien ikerketa-agenda nagusira i tzul tzea bultzatu zuen. Horretarako, Ronald Coasek transakzio-kostuen nozioa ekarri zuen, Douglass Northek joko-arau tzat hartu zituen erakundeak, Oliver Williamsonek enpresaren gobernan tza azaldu zuen, eta Elinor Ostromek ondasun erkideen gobernan tza. Ekonomiako Nobel saria Coase (1991), North (1993), Williamson (2009) eta Ostromek (2009) jaso izanak argi uzten du erakundeazterketa modernoaren aurrerapenak ain tzatesten direla. Artikulu honek erakundeak, gobernantza eta erakunde-aldaketa azal tzen ditu, aipatutako lau egileen ekarpen nagusiak aztertuz eta Erakunde Ekonomiaren fun tsezko argudioak eztabaidatuz.

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