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institutional economics

branch of economics about how institutions affect the economy
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institutional economics

Summary

institutional economics is an economic theory[1]. It draws 488 Wikipedia views per month (economic_theory category, ranking #22 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • institutional economics's instance of is recorded as economic theory[3].
  • institutional economics's instance of is recorded as school of economic thought[4].
  • institutional economics's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[5].
  • institutional economics's founder is recorded as Thorstein Veblen[6].
  • institutional economics is part of heterodox economics[7].
  • institutional economics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Institutional economics[8].
  • institutional economics's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[9].
  • institutional economics's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'nstitutional economics'}[10].
  • institutional economics's significant person is recorded as Thorstein Veblen[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include economic theory[3], school of economic thought[4], and academic discipline[5].

Origins

institutional economics's founder is recorded as Thorstein Veblen[6].

Use and Application

institutional economics is part of heterodox economics[7].

Why It Matters

institutional economics draws 488 Wikipedia views per month (economic_theory category, ranking #22 of 59).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

economics John Kenneth Galbraith Thorstein Veblen

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → Thorstein Veblen
    Part of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2012876
    Part of → heterodox economics
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