Culture, Growth and Economic Policy

P.E. Petrakis is professor of economics at the University of Athens, Department of Economics. His main fields of interest are economic growth, entrepreneurship and economic policy.

• Introduction.- The Foundations: Human Needs and Cultural Background.- Culture in Economic Thinking.- Cultural Background and Economic System.- The Effect of Cultural Background on Incentives, Growth and Distribution and Vice Versa.- Cultural Background and Rationality.- The Cultural Dimensions and the Cultural Background Change: Cultural Surveys.- Collectivism as an Air or Obstacle to Economic Growth.- Power Distance, Uncertainty, Time and Growth.- The Cultural Background Change.- Cultural Background, Growth and Policy: Economic Growth and Cultural Background.- Cultural Background, Transaction Costs and Economic Institutions.- The Effects of Culture, Transactions and Institutions on Opportunity Entrepreneurship.- The Effects of Cultural Background and Knowledge Creation on Self-Employment and Entry Density Rates.- Cultural Background Growth and Economic Policy.