Institucionalismo y teoría del riesgo: una nota sobre el principio de la ‘mano encubridora’ de Hirschman

In this paper is made a retrospective analysis of the Hirschman’s theory of «hidding hand» in relation to current theoretical thinking about risk. The discussion concludes that the Hirschman’s theory must be understood as an expost analysis of a decision process in a context of risk and is a useful...

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Published inEKONOMIAZ Vol. 77; no. 2; pp. 272 - 279
Main Authors Castro, Ana Esther, Bautista, José Francisco Teixeira
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Gobierno Vasco / Eusko Jaurlaritza / Basque Government 2011
SeriesEKONOMIAZ
Subjects
Heterodox Approaches
Hidding hand
Hirschman
inRisk and Uncertainty
Institutionalism
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Summary:In this paper is made a retrospective analysis of the Hirschman’s theory of «hidding hand» in relation to current theoretical thinking about risk. The discussion concludes that the Hirschman’s theory must be understood as an expost analysis of a decision process in a context of risk and is a useful reference to complement the new theories.