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Culture in economics : history, methodological reflections, and contemporary applications / Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Robbert Maseland

Author
Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd, 1976-
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xx, 388 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Maseland, Robbert Karel Jozef, 1975-
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Contents
Part I. Historical and Methodological Reflections: 1. Defining culture; 2. How culture disappeared from economics; 3. Explaining the rise of culture in modern economics; 4. Culture in economics: contemporary theoretical perspectives; 5. A methodological perspective on culture in economics -- Part II. Contemporary Application: Introduction to Part II; 6. Entrepreneurial culture; 7. Trust; 8. International business; 9. Comparative corporate governance -- Part III. Evaluation: 10. Discussion.
Summary
"Many economists now accept that informal institutions and culture play a crucial role in economic outcomes. Driven by the work of economists such as Nobel laureates Douglass North and Gary Becker, there is an important body of work that invokes cultural and institutional factors to build a more comprehensive and realistic theory of economic behavior. This book provides a comprehensive overview of research in this area, sketching the main promises and challenges faced by the field. The first part introduces and explains the various theoretical approaches to studying culture in economics, going back to Smith and Weber, and addresses the methodological issues that need to be considered when including culture in economics. The second part of the book then provides readers with a series of examples that shows how the cultural approach can be used to explain economic phenomena in four different areas: entrepreneurship, trust, international business and comparative corporate governance"--
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9780511933066 (electronic bk.)
0511933061 (electronic bk.)
9780511761539 (ebook)
0511761538
9780521193009
0521193001
9781107684614 (paperback)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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