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Classifications, Quantifications and Quality Conventions in Markets - Perspectives of the Economics of Convention
Klassifikationen, Quantifizierungen und Qualitätskonventionen in Märkten - Perspektiven der Economie des conventions
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Abstract The article presents the French approach of economics of convention (EC) as a pragmatic institutionalism. It was developed on the one side for the analysis of practices of classifications and quantification. On the other side it was developed for the analysis of multiple logics of economic coordinat... view more
The article presents the French approach of economics of convention (EC) as a pragmatic institutionalism. It was developed on the one side for the analysis of practices of classifications and quantification. On the other side it was developed for the analysis of multiple logics of economic coordination. The basic concepts of EC are introduced and applied to the analysis of classificatory procedures in markets. The article aims to present EC as an innovative approach for the analysis of markets.... view less
Keywords
classification; market segmentation; social institution; category; quantification; socioeconomic factors; theory of institutions
Classification
National Economy
Free Keywords
Quantification; classifications; economics of convention; sociology of market; quality conventions
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 238-262
Journal
Historical Social Research, 42 (2017) 1
Issue topic
Markets and Classifications: Categorizations and Valuations as Social Processes Structuring Markets
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.42.2017.1.238-262
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed