Lecture Course on Institutional and Evolutionary Economics

[Geoffrey Hodgson <g.m.hodgson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

LECTURE COURSE ON INSTITUTIONAL AND EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS

	Lecturer: Professor Geoffrey Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire Business
School

This course is designed primarily for PhD and other postgraduate students
working in business or the social sciences at the University of
Hertfordshire. However, for the 2003-2004 academic year this course will be
open to everyone, free of charge.

The course will be held at the University of Hertfordshire, De Havilland
Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK. Visitors from outside the university
are advised to use public transport (frequent rail services from King's
Cross to Hatfield) or the Galleria car park to reach the De Havilland campus.

If you are interested in attending, please supply me with your email address.

All lectures will be held on Wednesdays, from 5-7pm.

AUTUMN TERM 2003

Place: Room N108

22 Oct	Institutional Economics and Mainstream Economics  A Historical Sketch
29 Oct	Agency and Structure in Economic and Social Theory
5 Nov		The Problem of Historical Specificity
12 Nov	The Nature and Origin of Institutions
19 Nov	Downward Causation and Endogenous Preferences

SPRING TERM 2004

Place: Room N106

14 Jan		Exchange, Markets and Firms
21 Jan		The Legal Nature of the Firm
28 Jan		- No Lecture -
4 Feb		Firm-Specific Learning and Transaction Costs
11 Feb	Fundamentals of Socio-Economic Evolution
18 Feb	Habits and Routines as Replicators

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