Arbeitspapier
The Clan and the Corporation: Sustaining Cooperation in China and Europe
Over the last millennium, the clan and the corporation have been the loci of cooperation in China and Europe respectively. This paper examines - analytically and historically - the cultural and institutional co-evolution that led to this bifurcation. We highlight that groups with which individuals identify are basic units of cooperation. Such loyalty groups influence institutional development because intra-group moral commitment reduces enforcement cost implying a comparative advantage in pursuing collective actions. Loyalty groups perpetuate due to positive feedbacks between morality, institutions, and the implied pattern of cooperation.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 5233
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economic History: General
General Economics: General
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Greif, Avner
Tabellini, Guido
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
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Munich
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2015
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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- Arbeitspapier
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- Greif, Avner
- Tabellini, Guido
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Time of origin
- 2015
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