ABSTRACT
This book presents an economic analysis of the causes and consequences of institutional change in ancient Athens. Focusing on the period 800-300 BCE, it looks in particular at the development of political institutions and taxation, including a new look at the activities of individuals like Solon, Kleisthenes and Perikles and on the changes in political rules and taxation after the Peloponnesian War.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |26 pages
Ancient Greece, institutional change and economic analysis
chapter |7 pages
Historical background
Ancient Greece from the demise of the Mycenaean society to the death of Alexander the Great
chapter |18 pages
The emergence of the polis and its institutions
chapter |26 pages
The road to democracy part two
Institutional change as individually rational action
