Research on Market Order

The paper will be 10-12 pages long and contain original research. You should pick a topic of interest to you and generate a clear research question. The topic can draw from any of our readings from the section of organizations (included) on. The first 2 pages or so will draw from our class readings and set the stage for the research question. The rest of the paper will focus on the research question and your findings. I will ask that you clear the research question with me in person or via email in the coming weeks.

It will be easier if you follow this approach for the paper:

1. think about what topics have interested you since the last paper
2. start reading external academic work on those topics (our own readings should have references that you can use to get you started)
3. begin to identify specific possible research questions
4. approach me with those questions.

In the second paper (35% of the final grade), students will select an economic subject matter of their choice (within the confines of organizations, national economies, or international economy) and conduct an original analysis of the matter in question. They will be asked to present one or more alternative accounts of the observed issues and assess, whenever appropriate, the explanatory power of different approaches.

Required Texts

The following five required books are for sale at the bookstore and are on reserve at Koerner library:
Patrick Aspers. 2011. Markets. Polity Press.
Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers. 2010. Economy and State. Polity Press.
Bruce G. Carruthers and Laura Ariovich. 2010. Money and Credit. Polity Press.
Miguel Centeno and Joseph Cohen. 2010. Global Capitalism. Polity Press.
Francesco Duina. 2011. Institutions and the Economy. Polity Press.
Sources
For your final paper, you should rely only on peer-reviewed, published academic sources, and, depending on the nature of your paper, official publications and data released by reputable and well-known governmental and non-governmental organizations. Please do not use any data or information from any other source.

Course Outline
Week 1. Introduction to the Course
January 6: no reading
January 8:
Patrick Aspers. Chapter 1 of Markets.
Part I. INDIVIDUALS
Week 2. Institutions and Individual Transactions
January 13:
Francesco Duina. Pp. 3-4, 21-25 and pp. 31-40 of Institutions and the Economy.
Commercials (Part I)
January 15:
Francesco Duina. Pp. 41-61 of Institutions and the Economy.
Commercials (Part II)
Week 3. The Social Dimensions of Money
January 20:
Bruce G. Carruthers and Laura Ariovich. Chapter 3 of Money and Credit.
January 22:
Bruce G. Carruthers and Laura Ariovich. Chapter 4 of Money and Credit.
Group Exercise: Groups 1 and 2 present.
Week 4: The Consumer and Types of Markets
January 27:
Patrick Aspers. Pp. 69-80 of Markets.
January 29:
Patrick Aspers. Pp. 40-69 of Markets.
Controversial question: Should advertisements be banned or otherwise strictly regulated (only the facts)?
Part II. ORGANIZATIONS
Week 5. Institutions Outside and Inside Organizations
February 3:
Francesco Duina. Pp. 62-79 of Institutions and the Economy.
February 5:
Francesco Duina. Pp. 79-88 of Institutions and the Economy.
Week 6. The Environment and Organizations
February 10:
Bruce G. Carruthers and Laura Ariovich. Pp.122-156 of Money and Credit.
February 12:
Francesco Duina. Pp. 88-91 of Institutions and the Economy.
Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers. Chapter 5 of Economy and State.
Part III. NATIONAL ECONOMIES
Week 7. National Political Economies
February 24:
Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers. Chapter 1 of Economy and State.
February 26:
Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers. Chapter 3 of Economy and State.
Group Exercise: Groups 3 and 4 present.
Week 8. Institutional Dynamics
March 3:
Francesco Duina. Pp.94-111 of Institutions and the Economy.
March 5:
Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers. Chapter 4 of Economy and State.
Video: Inside Job
Week 9. The Question of Performance
March 10:
Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers. Chapter 6 of Economy and State.
March 12:
Francesco Duina. Pp.111-120 of Institutions and the Economy.
Group Exercise: Groups 5 and 6 present.
Part IV. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
Week 10. Trade and Capital Flows

March 17:
Miguel A. Centeno and Joseph N. Cohen. Chapter 2 of Global Capitalism.
Bruce G. Carruthers and Laura Ariovich. Pp. 156-162 of Money and Credit.
March 19:
Francesco Duina. Pp.133-150 of Institutions and the Economy.
Week 11. International Development
March 24:
Video: Black Gold
March 26:
Miguel A. Centeno and Joseph N. Cohen. Chapter 6 of Global Capitalism.

Part V. CONCLUSION
Week 12. Disciplinary and Methodological Considerations

March 31:
Francesco Duina. Pp.165-174 of Institutions and the Economy.

April 2:
Francesco Duina. Pp. 174-180 of Institutions and the Economy.