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A behavioural theory of economic development : the uneven evolution of cities and regions /

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This book establishes a novel behavioural theory of economic development to illustrate that differences in human behaviour across cities and regions, both individually and collectively, are a significant deep-rooted cause of uneven development within and across nations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Huggins, Robert (Author), Thompson, Piers (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Economic development > Psychological aspects.
Développement économique > Aspect psychologique.
Economic development > Psychological aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Behaviour and the development problem
  • Human behaviour and the development of cities and regions
  • The psychocultural life of cities and regions
  • Agency, economic evolution, and history
  • Institutions, capital, and network behaviour
  • The co-evolution of culture, psychology, and institutions
  • The nature and sources of agency
  • Agency, entrepreneurship, and innovation
  • An extended behavioural model of economic development
  • Addressing unevenness.