1st Edition
Culture and Economics On Values, Economics and International Business
By Eelke de Jong
Copyright 2009
268 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
268 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Since the early 1990s, culture, in the sense of norms and values, has entered economic analysis again, whereas it was totally absent from mainstream economics during most of the second half of the twentieth century. The disappointing results of mainstream economics and developments in the world economy triggered an awareness of the relevance of the context in which people make decisions.... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction: Chapter 2 A history of thought about culture and economy: Chapter 3 The re-emergence of culture in economics: Chapter 4 Methods and methodology of culture and economics: Chapter 5 Culture and cross-country differences in institutions: Chapter 6 Culture and economic performance: Chapter 7 Religion as culture: Chapter 8 Mapping the landscape of social capital: the need for a two-level approach: Chapter 9 International relations and coordination; Chapter 10 Conclusions and recommendations
Biography
Eelke de Jong is Professor of International Economics at the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
