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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 hu-man 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 indi-rect channel through which values and norms can display their impact.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 2008,22

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Institutions and Growth
General Aggregative Models: Other
General Outlook and Conditions
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
Thema
Institutions
Values and Norms
Democracy
Rule of Law
Culture
Social Capital
Civil Society
Economic Development
Total Factor Productivity

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Voigt, Stefan
Park, Sang-Min
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
(wo)
Marburg
(wann)
2008

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Voigt, Stefan
  • Park, Sang-Min
  • Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

Entstanden

  • 2008

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