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Political Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change: an Evolutionary Approach

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Hederer, Christian
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The paper is a contribution to the theory of institutional change. Using a process-based, evolutionary framework, a comparative analysis of economic and political entrepreneurship is provided and implications are derived for the role of political entrepreneurship, and the element of agency in general, for the evolution of formal institutions and institutional innovation.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 8249.

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Keywords: Institutional change; entrepreneurship; market process theory; evolutionary approach;

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D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Institutional; Evolutionary
P48 - Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Other Economic Systems: Political Economy; Legal Institutions; Property Rights

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