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National cultures, economic action and the homogeneity problem: insights from the case of Romania

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  • Paul Dragos Aligica
  • Aura Matei

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This edited volume, a collection of both theoretical essays and empirical studies, presents an Austrian economics perspective on the role of culture in economic action. The authors illustrate that culture cannot be separated from economic action, but that it is in fact part of all decision-making.

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  • Paul Dragos Aligica & Aura Matei, 2015. "National cultures, economic action and the homogeneity problem: insights from the case of Romania," Chapters, in: Laura E. Grube & Virgil Henry Storr (ed.), Culture and Economic Action, chapter 13, pages 295-317, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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