Home›Subcategories›Economic InstitutionsSubcategoriesEconomic Institutions34 of 153 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://dev-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://dev-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://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/institution/economic-institutions}, note = {Accessed September 4, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingInstitutions 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 34Banking SystemEconomic Institutions2 linksBarter SystemEconomic Institutions1 linkCartelEconomic Institutions3 linksCentral BankEconomic Institutions3 linksChartered CompanyEconomic Institutions4 linksCommand EconomyEconomic Institutions2 linksCooperative MovementEconomic Institutions1 linkCorporationEconomic Institutions3 linksCorvee Labor SystemEconomic Institutions4 linksCredit UnionEconomic Institutions1 linkDebt BondageEconomic Institutions4 linksEncomienda SystemEconomic Institutions1 linkIndentured ServitudeEconomic Institutions1 linkInsuranceEconomic Institutions1 linkKibbutzEconomic Institutions1 linkManorialismEconomic Institutions2 linksMercantilismEconomic Institutions2 linksMita (Inca Labor System)Economic Institutions1 linkMoneyEconomic Institutions3 linksPeonageEconomic Institutions1 linkPropertyEconomic Institutions3 linksRotating Savings and Credit AssociationEconomic Institutions1 linkSharecroppingEconomic Institutions4 linksStock ExchangeEconomic Institutions1 linkTaxationEconomic Institutions2 linksThe Commons (Common-Pool Resource Institution)Economic Institutions1 linkCrossed Hammer and Set SquareThe GuildEconomic Institutions5 linksThe MarketEconomic Institutions4 linksTrade UnionEconomic Institutions1 linkTribute SystemEconomic Institutions1 linkWage LaborEconomic Institutions4 linksWaqfEconomic Institutions1 linkWelfare StateEconomic Institutions2 linksZakatEconomic 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