Culture, Growth and Economic Policy

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Petrakis, Panagiotis E. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Political economy.; Economic theory.; Development economics.; Economic growth.; Cultural studies.; Economics.; Economic Growth.; Cultural Studies.; Development Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Political Economy.

It is a wide-spread belief that the cultural background inhered in a society affects the requirements of economic development. This relationship requires theoretical and empirical justification. The present book provides this together with an analysis of the development of cultural background itself...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• The Foundations: Human Needs and Cultural Background
• Culture in Economic Thinking
• Cultural Background and Economic System
• The Effect of Cultural Background on Incentives, Growth and Distribution and Vice Versa
• Cultural Background and Rationality
• The Cultural Dimensions and the Cultural Background Change: Cultural Surveys
• Collectivism as an Air or Obstacle to Economic Growth
• Power Distance, Uncertainty, Time and Growth
• The Cultural Background Change
• Cultural Background, Growth and Policy: Economic Growth and Cultural Background
• Cultural Background, Transaction Costs and Economic Institutions
• The Effects of Culture, Transactions and Institutions on Opportunity Entrepreneurship
• The Effects of Cultural Background and Knowledge Creation on Self-Employment and Entry Density Rates
• Cultural Background Growth and Economic Policy.