Roles, Rules and Relationships: Using Exogenous Factors in Macro and Micro Institutional Analysis

Abstract

"This paper is about considering various factors that determine the behavior and choices of human beings, in the analysis of human institutions at macro and micro levels. I will pay particular attention to the natural and human-imposed limitations to the successful design and operation of institutions. Specifically, I will consider two factors that influence the behavior and choices of human beings and their ability to enter into rule-ordered relationships: (1) domination of national-level centralized bureaucratic order over local-level self-governing order, and (2) effects of natural responses to overpopulation."