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Author:   Panagiotis E. Petrakis
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783662513125

ISBN 10:   3662513129
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   03 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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.

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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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