Arbeitspapier

Determinant of Social Norms

It is now abundantly clear that social norms channel behavior and impact economic development. This insight leads to the question: How do social norms evolve? This survey examines research that relies on geography to explain the development of social norms, and suggests that religion and family organization are potential mediators. It turns out that many social norms are either directly or indirectly determined by geography and can, hence, be considered largely time invariant. Given that successful economic development presupposes the congruence between formal institutions and social norms, this insight is highly relevant for all policy interventions designed to facilitate economic development.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ILE Working Paper Series ; No. 58

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Relation of Economics to Social Values
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: General‡
Law and Economics: General
Economic Development: General
Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
Thema
social norms
internal institutions
informal institutions
Institutional Economics
geography
religion
family

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Voigt, Stefan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics (ILE)
(wo)
Hamburg
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Voigt, Stefan
  • University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics (ILE)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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