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Political Competition, Innovation and Growth: A Historical Analysis

By Peter Bernholz , Manfred E. Streit , Prof. Dr. Manfred E. Streit , Roland Vaubel (auth.) , Prof. Dr. Peter Bernholz , Prof. Dr. Roland Vaubel (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1998
ISBN
978-3-642-64353-8, 978-3-642-60324-2
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-60324-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (9973226 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
308\297
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Economics general

Description

This volume confronts an important historical hypothesis with empirical evidence from selected periods of history. The hypothesis in question states that competition among political and legal organisations in developing rules has been a crucial condition for liberty, innovation and growth in the history of mankind. It is due to Immanuel Kant, Edward Gibbon and Max Weber and has been revived and further developed by Nobel-Laureate Douglass C. North who contributes the first chapter. The volume brings together political economists, historians and legal scholars to discuss the role of political competition in the rise and decline of nations - both in theory and in a large number of case studies.

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