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L'économie des conventions. Une approche instrumentale de la rationalité individuelle ?

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[fre] L'économie des conventions. Une approche instrumentale de la rationalité individuelle ?. . L'économie des conventions propose un projet de recherche particulièrement stimulant qui met l'accent sur l'analyse du rôle des règles et conventions dans la coordination économique. Pour être cohérent, ce projet requiert une théorie de l'émergence et de la dynamique des conventions. Or, une telle théorie pose en retour des interrogations quant à l'hypothèse de rationalité qu'il convient de prêter aux agents. L'hypothèse de rationalité limitée, sur laquelle s'appuie l'économie des conventions, est ambiguë. Elle recouvre en particulier des hypothèses radicalement différentes concernant le caractère exclusivement ou non exclusivement instrumental de la rationalité individuelle. Cette ambiguïté marque l'économie des conventions et entrave la réalisation effective de son projet de recherche. [eng] Is economics of conventions an instrumental approach of individual rationality ?. . Economics of conventions proposes a particularly stimulating research project which puts the stress on the analysis of the rules' and conventions' roles in the economic coordination. To be coherent, this project requires to be based on a theory of the emergence and dynamics of conventions. However, as a feedback effect, this theory raises questions about the hypothesis of rationality that should to be attributed to actors. The hypothesis of limited rationality at the basis of economics of conventions, is ambiguous. It especially covers highly diverging hypotheses concerning the exclusively or non exclusively instrumental characteristic of individual rationality. This ambiguity affects economics of conventions and hinders the effective implementation of its research project.

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  • Nicolas Postel, 1998. "L'économie des conventions. Une approche instrumentale de la rationalité individuelle ?," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 49(6), pages 1473-1496.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:reveco:reco_0035-2764_1998_num_49_6_410051
    DOI: 10.3406/reco.1998.410051
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