Government 1760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hard Stuff, Institutional Theory, Transaction Cost
18 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Institutional*theory
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Realism POV:*says*none*of*the*following*happens
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Institutionalism:*
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Economic*reasons:*trade*balance/imbalance
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Game*theory/Prisoner's*Dilemma
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Iteration:*can*lead*to*cooperation*or*distrust
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Monitoring
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Punishment*(Milner?)
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This*is*why*institutions*are*established*(institutionalism*or*neo-
liberal* institutionalism)
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Coordination:*gets*rid*of*transaction*cost
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Social*influence:*others*affect*your*decisions*and*cooperation
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Mimicking:*actively*act*like*people*who*are*cooperative
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Persuasion:*changes*your*view
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Social,*cultural,*ideological*factors*which*shape*cooperation
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Why*do*states*cooperate?
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Hard*Stuff=*Rational
Soft*Stuff*=*Social*(qualitative,*not*quantitative)
Wednesday,* March*22,*2017
11:10*AM
