Cultural Factors in Economic Growth

ISBN-13: 9783540662938 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 245 str.

M. Casson; A. Godley; Mark Casson

Opis

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 cultural factors on economic growth.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Mark Casson is Professor of Economics at the University of Reading, Director of the Centre for Institutional Performance, Leverhulme Major Research Fellow in the Economics of Networks 2006-9), President of the Association of Business Historians (2007-9), and Chairman of the Business Enterprise Heritage Trust.