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Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Economic Ideas and Institutional Change: Evidence from Soviet Economic Discourse 1987-1991	
Autores: 	Zweynert,   Joachim.	
Data: 	2006-03-14	
Ano: 	2005	
Palavras-chave: 	Economic Ideas; Philosophy of Science; Institutional Change; Historical Specificity; Soviet Union; Transition; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; B24; P27.	
Resumo: 	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 always also shaped by historical and cultural factors. Due to this historical and cultural specificity theoretical research must be supplemented by historical case studies. The paper analyses the shift in ideas that took place in Soviet economic thought between 1987 and 1991. This case study, it is argued, may contribute to our understanding of the links between ideas and institutions. More specifically, it sheds new light on the issue of whether the evolution of economic ideas is pathdependent, so that they change only incrementally, or whether their development takes place in a discontinuous way that can best be compared with revolutions.	
Tipo: 	Working or Discussion Paper	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	20205

http://purl.umn.edu/26276	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	Hamburg Institute of International Economics&gt;Discussion Paper Series

HWWA Discussion Paper 324	
Formato: 	39

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