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From Possession to Property: Preferences and the Role of Culture

In: Complexity and the Economy

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  • Uta-Maria Niederle

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The authors examine the causes and consequences of complexity among the broadly economic phenomena of firms, industries and socio-economic policy. The book makes a valuable contribution to the increasingly prominent subject of complexity, especially for those whose interests include evolutionary, behavioural, political and social approaches to understanding economics and economic phenomena.

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  • Uta-Maria Niederle, 2005. "From Possession to Property: Preferences and the Role of Culture," Chapters, in: John Finch & Magali Orillard (ed.), Complexity and the Economy, chapter 4, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    Economics and Finance;

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    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • K11 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Property Law
    • N40 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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