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CULTURAL FACTORS IN ECONOMIC GROWTH
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| By: |
Mark Casson (Editor), Andrew Godley (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£158.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3540662936 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783540662938 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG |
| Pub. date: |
15 August, 2000 |
| Edition: |
2000 ed. |
| Series: |
Ethical Economy |
| Pages: |
245 |
| Description: |
The culture debate in economics has been long lasting. This volume incorporates contributions of scholars from economics, management studies and international relations, as well as economic historians' attempts to evaluate the role and impact of cultural factors on economic growth. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume is the product of the "Sixth Annual SEEP-Conference on Economic Ethics and Philosophy" on the theme of 'Cultural Factors in Economic Growth' held at Marienrode Monastry, Hildesheim, in April 1998. Our thanks go to our colleagues (including Avner Offner, whose paper could not be included here), the staff at the monastry, and Professor Peter Koslowski of the Forschungsinstitut fUr Philo sophie Hannover, and editor of this series, for contributing to a very enjoyable conference and, we hope, an interesting collection of essays. Mark Casson and Andrew Godley University of Reading, March 2000 Contents Preface ...v Chapter 1 Cultural Factors in Economic Growth MARK CASSON AND ANDREW GODLEY ...1 Chapter 2 Trust as a Governance Device BART NOOTEBOOM ...44 Chapter 3 A Measure of Culture: Trust and Defection in Southern Italy FRANCESCO L. GALASSI...69 Chapter 4 Entrepreneurial Minorities: A Typology WILLIAM D. RUBINSTEIN ...III Chapter 5 Cultural Determinants of Jewish Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the UK and USA and British and American Culture ANDREW GODLEY ...125 CONTENTS Chapter 6 Jurisprudence, Expected Value, and the Culture ofInnovation FRED V. CARSTENSEN ...142 Chapter 7 Constitutions, Liberties, and Growth in Pre-Modem Europe STEPHAN R. EpSTEIN ...152 Chapter 8 Culture and the Myth of Economic Determinism in Global History and World Politics KEN DARK ...182 Chapter 9 The Case for a Shared World Language ERIC L. JONES ...21 0 List of Authors ...237 Index of Names ... |
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11 black & white tables, biography |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K |
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Returnable |
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