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Culture, Growth and Economic Policy
Panagiotis E. Petrakis
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Hardcover. Culture, Growth and Economic Policy Num Pages: 248 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
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. Cultural background is embodied in political institutions, in transactions, knowledge, incentives, in social capital, even in the tangibles of the economy. Thus, economic development is shaped and the rate of growth is affected. Conversely, economic development affects cultural background. When this interaction takes place at a non-developmental cultural background level, which is associated with low growth rates, then ... Read more
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. Cultural background is embodied in political institutions, in transactions, knowledge, incentives, in social capital, even in the tangibles of the economy. Thus, economic development is shaped and the rate of growth is affected. Conversely, economic development affects cultural background. When this interaction takes place at a non-developmental cultural background level, which is associated with low growth rates, then ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642414398
SKU
V9783642414398
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99-15
About Panagiotis E. Petrakis
P.E. Petrakis is professor of economics at the University of Athens, Department of Economics. His main fields of interest are economic growth, entrepreneurship and economic policy.
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