Our goal is to develop a theory that combines the best insights of philosophical and scientific
theories of institutions. We are not committed a priori to save the commonsense notion of …

This paper pursues a naturalist endeavor in social ontology by arguing that the Beliefs-
Rules-Equilibrium account of institutions can help to advance the debate over the nature of …

We propose a new framework to unify three conceptions of institutions that play a prominent
role in the philosophical and scientific literature: the equilibria account, the regulative rules …

The concept of institutions and the related theoretical issues of their normativity and
enforcement are still a matter of controversy among social scientists, including economists …

This note comments on Hindriks and Guala's 'unified theory of institutions'. One of the
components that Hindriks and Guala seek to unify, and which they claim is unsatisfactory on …

Institutional Legitimacy Page 1 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2148326
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH WORKING PAPER SERIES E …

Hindriks and Guala (2014) hope to provide a unified account of institutional theory that will
combine the accounts of regulative rules, constitutive rules, and equilibria. I argue that only …

Heralded most vigorously by Douglass North," the new institutionalism" focuses on the role
of property rights (Barzel, Libecap), the bureaucracy (Miller, 1990, 1992), contracts (Stiglitz) …

This book examines and compares the two major traditions of thought that have attempted to
incorporate institutions within economics. These are the" Old"(or American) Institutionalist …

Understanding Institutions proposes a new unified theory of social institutions that combines
the best insights of philosophers and social scientists who have written on this topic …