The Economic
Institutions
ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS
>Institutions are basically durable
systems of established and embedded
social rules that create a structure for
social interactions (hodgson, 2001)
> Economic Institutions are the
formal and informal rule that organize the
economic flow and activity of society
(Kelly, 2012)
Economic Institutions are tasked to
answer the following questions:
Non-Market
transaction
o Reciprocity
o Transfer
o Redistribution
Is a form of gift exchange between
two parties wherein return is
expected after the product or gift
giving (Parry, 1986)
TRANSFER AND
REDISTRIBUTION
• Also known as: “government transfer” or
“transfer payment”
• Transfers are payments that are made
without any good or service being
received in return (Bishop, 2012)
• Is the process of transferring income
and wealth-be it in the form of money,
physical property, and the like form one
individual to other individuals.
MARKET
TRANSACTIONS
 Market transaction is basically the
system of exchange in a market. It is
goods and service are traded and
bartered among individuals within their
market and society
MARKET AND STATE
MARKET
STATE
GROUP MEMBER
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The Economic Institutions