The Leader As Catalyst: On Leadership And The Mechanics Of Institutional Change
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- Sumon Majumdar & Sharun Mukand, 2008. "The Leader as Catalyst – on Leadership and the Mechanics of Institutional Change," CESifo Working Paper Series 2337, CESifo.
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Keywords
Leadership; Followers; Change;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- P41 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Planning, Coordination, and Reform
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2007-07-20 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CBE-2007-07-20 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-CDM-2007-07-20 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-MIC-2007-07-20 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-SOC-2007-07-20 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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