Coase Institute Alumni Conference in Fontainebleau, France - July 17, 2026

Alumni, save the date!
The fourth annual alumni conference of the Coase Institute will be held at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France on Thursday, July 17, 2026. This event will immediately follow the SIOE 2026 meetings there. There will be research presentations by alumni plus lively conversations and networking, and the day will close with a gala dinner. Further details soon. See 2025 scenes and program here.

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FREE: Handbook of New Institutional Economics, Second Edition

Handbook of New Institutional Economics, Second Edition, edited by Claude Menard and Mary Shirley, has just been published by Springer and is available free.

This book is a comprehensive reference work that provides an overview of broad orientations and recent developments in institutional analysis. This second edition includes 21 new chapters on political and legal institutions, organizations and contracts, regulation, culture, methodology, and institutional change.

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Second Authors' Lecture in NIE Book Series

Gary Libecap spoke about his forthcoming book, Where's Coase? Transaction Costs Reduction or Rent-Seeking in the Formation of Institutions, online January 23, 2025. See details.

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Inaugural Authors' Lecture in NIE Book Series

Douglas W. Allen and Bryan Leonard spoke about their forthcoming book, Why The Rush? An Institutional Analysis of Homesteading and the Settlement of the West, online Wednesday October 23, 2024. See details.

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NOW FREE: Advanced Introduction to New Institutional Economics

Advanced Introduction to New Institutional Economics by Claude Menard and Mary Shirley, published by Edward Elgar Publishers in 2022, is now available free. This book explores NIE’s answers to fundamental questions about the organization, growth, and development of economies. Why are some countries rich and others poor? Why are activities organized as firms or markets or through alternative organizational solutions? When are shared resources overexploited?

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This book has been made free thanks to a donation made for that purpose in honor of the Ronald Coase Institute, with the hope that it will encourage additional donations to the Institute.

Inspired by Ronald Coase's faith in the power of excellent research and the potential of young scholars to change the way problems are viewed, the Institute works to build the capacity of outstanding young scholars around the world to do research on institutions in their own countries. It holds workshops and provides mentoring and support for nearly 700 alumni. To consider supporting the Institute's work, click on "Make a Gift" at page bottom. Donations of any size help the Institute further assist young scholars and research programs.

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Scott Gehlbach joins Coase Institute Board of Directors

Scott Gehlbach has joined the Board of Directors of the Ronald Coase Institute. Gehlbach is the Elise and Jack Lipsey Professor in the Department of Political Science, the Harris School of Public Policy, and the College at the University of Chicago. He has been a frequent faculty member at Coase Institute workshops, panels, and conferences. He is currently President-Elect of the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics.

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  Scott Gehlbach

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