Values and Norms Matter – On the Basic Determinants of Long-Run Economic Development

Over the last couple of decades, it has become a commonplace to claim that “institutions matter” for economic development. Yet, institutions are not exogenous but the result of human action. It is argued here that the values and norms held by substantial parts of society’s members are an importan...

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में प्रकाशित:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 22-2008)
मुख्य लेखकों: Voigt, Stefan, Park, Sang-Min
स्वरूप: Arbeit
भाषा:अंग्रेज़ी
प्रकाशित: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2008
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सारांश:Over the last couple of decades, it has become a commonplace to claim that “institutions matter” for economic development. Yet, institutions are not exogenous but the result of human action. It is argued here that the values and norms held by substantial parts of society’s members are an important determinant of its institutions. It is further argued that values and norms have both a direct and an indirect effect on economic development: the direct effect materializes because the values and norms also contain the work ethic which, if transformed into behavior, should have direct consequences on economic development. The indirect effect is conjectured to work via the relevant institutions: if institutions are important for economic development and institutions are influenced by the values and norms, then this is a more indirect channel through which values and norms can display their impact.
आईएसएसएन:1867-3678
डिजिटल ऑब्जेक्ट पहचानकर्ता:10.17192/es2023.0209