Home›Subcategories›Economic InstitutionsSubcategoriesEconomic Institutions29 of 131 entries in Institutions and Social Structures. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. "Economic Institutions." Accessed September 4, 2026. https://society.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/institution/economic-institutions.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. (n.d.). Economic Institutions. Retrieved September 4, 2026, from https://society.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/institution/economic-institutionsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{societyandcultureatlas-economic-institutions, author = {Society and Culture Atlas}, title = {Economic Institutions}, year = {2026}, url = {https://society.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/institution/economic-institutions}, note = {Accessed September 4, 2026} }Copy BibTeXInstitutions organizing production, exchange and ownership: property as the institution of rights over resources, the market as the institution coordinating exchange through price, and the guild as a historical institution organizing a trade or craft and controlling entry to it. Belongs here: an institution whose primary function is economic production, exchange or ownership. Does not belong here: an institution whose primary function is governing or adjudicating rather than producing or exchanging, grouped under Political and Legal Institutions.Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)BrowseCompareSelect all 29Banking SystemEconomic Institutions1 linkBarter SystemEconomic Institutions1 linkCartelEconomic Institutions1 linkCentral BankEconomic Institutions1 linkChartered CompanyEconomic Institutions1 linkCommand EconomyEconomic Institutions1 linkCooperative MovementEconomic Institutions1 linkCorporationEconomic Institutions1 linkCorvee Labor SystemEconomic Institutions1 linkCredit UnionEconomic Institutions1 linkEncomienda SystemEconomic Institutions1 linkInsuranceEconomic Institutions1 linkKibbutzEconomic Institutions1 linkManorialismEconomic Institutions1 linkMercantilismEconomic Institutions1 linkMita (Inca Labor System)Economic Institutions1 linkMoneyEconomic Institutions1 linkPropertyEconomic Institutions3 linksRotating Savings and Credit AssociationEconomic Institutions1 linkSharecroppingEconomic Institutions1 linkStock ExchangeEconomic Institutions1 linkTaxationEconomic Institutions1 linkThe Commons (Common-Pool Resource Institution)Economic Institutions1 linkCrossed Hammer and Set SquareThe GuildEconomic Institutions4 linksThe MarketEconomic Institutions4 linksTrade UnionEconomic Institutions1 linkWage LaborEconomic Institutions1 linkWaqfEconomic Institutions1 linkWelfare StateEconomic Institutions1 linkComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year