Institutional change in economic geography
- 31 May 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Progress in Human Geography
- Vol. 38 (3), 340-363
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132513507823
Abstract
This paper develops a rigorous concept of institutions to investigate the interrelationships between institutional and economic change from the perspective of economic geography. We view institutions neither as behavioural regularities nor as organizations or rules, but conceive institutions as stabilizations of mutual expectations and correlated interaction. The paper discusses how economic interaction in space is shaped by existing institutions, how this leads to economic decisions and new rounds of action, and how their intended and unintended consequences impact or enact new/existing institutions. The paper explores three modes of institutional change - hysteresis, emergent change, and institutional entrepreneurship.Keywords
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