Cultural Factors in Economic Growth /

The "culture" debate in economics and economic history has been long-lasting. This volume incorporates contributions of scholars from economics, management studies and international relations, as well as economic and social historians' attempts to evaluate the role and impact of cultu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Casson, Mark
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Godley, Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000.
Series:Studies in economic ethics and philosophy.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Mark Casson, Andrew Godley: Cultural Factors in Economic Growth
  • Bart Nooteboom: Trust as a Governance Device
  • Francesco L. Galassi: A Measure of Culture: Trust and Defection in Southern Italy
  • William D. Rubinstein: Entrepreneurial Minorities: A Typology
  • Andrew Godley: Cultural Determinants of Jewish Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the UK and USA and British and American Culture
  • Fred V. Carstensen: Jurisprudence, Expected Value, and the Culture of Innovation
  • Stephan R. Epstein: Constitutions, Liberties, and Growth in Pre-Modern Europe
  • Ken Dark: Culture and the Myth of Economic Determinism in Global History and World Politics
  • Eric L. Jones: The Case for a Shared World Language
  • List of Authors
  • Index of Names.