The comparative institutional analysis outlined above proceeds as follows.

A framework called comparative institutional analysis is proposed to deal with the game theoretical structural understanding of the variety of social norms.

The main tool of positive constitutional economics is "comparative institutional analysis", with four main elements.

Aoki's research has made him a pioneer and leader in comparative institutional analysis.

This insight places the economic theory of the firm in a broader frame of institutional analysis.

It thus attempts to combine relevant theory with realistic institutional analyses.

One meaning of institutional analysis refers to actual formal institutions.

Under this approach, there are several variations and usages of institutional analysis.

Sociology has also used institutional analysis since its inception to study how social institutions such as the laws or the family evolve over time.

Since the 1980s, however, there are cross-pollinations between the sociological and economic traditions in institutional analysis.