Open AccessSocial Organizations, Violence, and Modern Growth
Author(s) -
Avner Greif,
Murat Iyigun
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 16.936
H-Index - 297
eISSN - 1944-7981
pISSN - 0002-8282
DOI - 10.1257/aer.103.3.534
Subject(s) - unrest , elite , social unrest , social change , economics , development economics , social mobility , social position , social conflict , social inertia , economic growth , sociology , political economy , political science , market economy , social science , law , politics
Although social institutions permeate the world in which we live, they are all but absent from our analyses of economic growth and development. This paper argues the need to mitigate this omission by demonstrating the importance of social institutions for growth and development.
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