sociology, an approach that traces its roots back to Max Weber. This important new text offers a comprehensive and up …, giving particular attention to the effects of culture on economic phenomena and the ways that economic actions are embedded … in social structures. He examines the full range of economic institutions and explicates the relationship of the economy …

Protestants should work more and more effectively, as in the work ethic argument of Max Weber, or display a stronger social ethic … that would lead them to monitor each others conduct, support political and legal institutions and hold more homogeneous …

Protestants should work more and more effectively, as in the “work ethic” argument of Max Weber, or display a stronger “social … ethic” that would lead them to monitor each other’s conduct, support political and legal institutions and hold more …

with such institutions as the state, family structure, etc., constitute the superstructure of the society, as being no more …

, allowing it to explain some so far little understood differences between markets and government. The policy implications …

: F14, F15 Keywords: institutions, bilateral trade, gravity model, sectoral analysis, markets … investigate how patterns of bilateral trade are affected by variation in the quality of institutions across countries. JEL codes …

context, economic growth and structural change, wellbeing of people, markets and governments, economic openness, and … institutions and policies - to serve as a teaser. It concludes with some brief reflections on Asia's future prospects over the next …

claims, contracting, and governance that determine vertical integration. He treats these institutions as common pool …

the cornucopians emphasise human creativity expressed through markets. This paper argues that both schools are right to … evolutionary view, which allows properly for social institutions, could give a more balanced account of population growth. …