Culture and economic explanation : economics in the US and Japan /
By: Katzner, Donald W
Material type: BookSeries: Routledge frontiers of political economy ;Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.Description: xiii, 183 p. : ill ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415774796 (hbk.); 0415774799 (hbk.); 9780203931059 (e-book); 020393105X (e-book)Subject(s): Economics -- Japan | Economics -- United States | Culture -- Economic aspectsDDC classification: 330.952/05 Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 330.95205 KA CU (Browse shelf) | Available | T0035976 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : culture, economics, and economic behavior -- Western economics and the economy of Japan -- "What are the questions"? -- An analytical vision of the workings of the United States economy -- The workings of the Japanese economy -- Explaining the Japanese economic miracle -- The role of optimization in economics -- Economics and the principle of uniformity -- Cultural variation and the theory of the firm -- Culture and the explanation of choice behavior.