The paper deals with the connection between politically induced catch-up development, cultural and intellectual traditions and economic order in Germany and Russia. It is argued that in the history of both countries we encounter significant structural parallels, including the totalitarian...

The increasing gap between the formerly socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CE & EE) with regard to both their economic and political performance cannot be explained by their different starting conditions after the breakdown of the Soviet Union alone. Rather, it is due to cultural...

In recent years, institutional and evolutionary economists have become increasingly aware that ideas play an important role in economic development. In the current literature, the problem is usually elaborated upon in purely theoretical terms. In the present paper it is argued that ideas are...

The present study is a continuation of an earlier paper by the same author dealing with the economic debates in the Soviet Union between 1987 and 1991 (HWWA Discussion Paper 324; Europe-Asia Studies vol. 58, no. 2). After there had been a paradigm shift in Russian economics around 1990, in the...

The increasing gap between the transition countries with regard to both their economic and political performance cannot be explained by their different starting conditions after the breakdown of the Soviet Union alone. Rather, it is due to cultural and historical circumstances that shape the...

The increasing gap between the formerly socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CE & EE) with regard to both their economic and political performance cannot be explained by their different starting conditions after the breakdown of the Soviet Union alone. Rather, it is due to cultural...

Mit dem Beitritt zehn neuer Mitgliedstaaten zum 1. Mai 2004 erreicht die Europäische Integration eine neue Dimension. Nicht weniger als 74 Millionen Menschen werden als zusätzliche Anbieter und Nachfrager von Waren und Dienstleistungen auf dem Europäischen Binnenmarkt auftreten. Welche...

Die neoklassische Wirtschaftstheorie hatte die kulturelle Einbettung des Wirtschaftens nicht berücksichtigt. Die neuere Wirtschaftsforschung geht aber davon aus, dass die Kultur eine Rolle spielt. Wie wirken sich kulturelle Traditionen auf die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung aus? Welchen Einfluss...

In der bestehenden Literatur wird die Frage nach der Verortung des deutschen Ordo- und Neoliberalismus unterschiedlich beantwortet. Manche Autoren sehen sie vornehmlich in der angelsächsischen Tradition (Grossekettler 1997, Sally 1998a, Starbatty 2002, Vanberg 2004), andere betonen ihre...