"Economic Analysis of Institutional Change in Ancient Greece: Politics, Taxation ..." by Carl Hampus Lyttkens
"Economic Analysis of Institutional Change in Ancient Greece: Politics, Taxation and Rational Behaviour" by Carl Hampus Lyttkens
Routledge explorations in economic history
Routledge | 2013 | ISBN: 1135132887 9781135132880 9780415630160 9780203077634 | 209 pages | PDF | 22 MB
Routledge explorations in economic history
Routledge | 2013 | ISBN: 1135132887 9781135132880 9780415630160 9780203077634 | 209 pages | PDF | 22 MB
This book presents an economic analysis of the causes and consequences of institutional change in ancient Athens.
Focusing on the period 800-300 BCE, the book looks in particular at the development of political institutions and taxation, including a new look at the activities of individuals like Solon, Kleisthenes and Perikles and on the changes in political rules and taxation after the Peloponnesian War.
Contents
Preface
1 Ancient Greece, institutional change and economic analysis
2 Historical background: ancient Greece from the demise of the Mycenaean society to the death of Alexander the Great
3 The emergence of the polis and its institutions
4 The road to democracy part one: a structural approach
5 The road to democracy part two: institutional change as individually rational action
6 Taxation – a ubiquitous phenomenon if there is one
7 Institutions and markets
8 Economic analysis of institutional change in ancient Athens – the past meets the present
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index of passages cited
Index
with TOC BookMarkLinks