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1 online resource (416 pages)
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9783030784980
Serie:
Contributions to Economics Ser.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About This Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Introductory Considerations and Research Setting -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 A Historical Challenge Inspiring this Study -- 1.2 Intended Outcome and Contributions -- 1.2.1 Theoretical Gaps: What Makes this Research Different? -- 1.2.2 Methodological Gaps -- 1.2.3 Limitations -- References -- Chapter 2: Research Setting -- 2.1 Research Aim and Focus -- 2.2 Research Question -- 2.3 Hypotheses -- 2.4 Research Model -- References -- Part II: Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 3: The Outcome (Criterion Variables) -- 3.1 Definitions of Corruption (A) -- 3.1.1 The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) as an Outcome (or Criterion Variable) -- 3.2 The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) as a Prosperity Proxy (Outcome or Criterion Variable) (A´) -- 3.3 Competitiveness and Transparency as Prosperity Proxies -- 3.3.1 Economic Indicators and Corruption -- References -- Chapter 4: Diagnosing Corruption and Prosperity in Europe and the Americas (A) -- 4.1 Corruption in Europe and the Americas (CPI) -- 4.2 Social Progress in Europe and the Americas (SPI) -- 4.3 Competitiveness in Europe and the Americas (GCI) -- References -- Chapter 5: Conditions (Predictor Variables): Theories Explaining Prosperity Differences (B), (C), (D), (E) -- 5.1 Culture (C) -- 5.1.1 Cultural Determinism of Prosperity -- 5.2 Institutions and Economic Growth (D) -- 5.2.1 Colonialism as an Overarching Explanation and as the Overlapping of Cultural Proxies -- 5.3 Religion (Cultural and Institutional Influences) (B) -- 5.3.1 The Institutional Influence of Religion Has Been More Decisive to Prosperity than the Cultural Effect of Religious Affil... -- 5.3.2 Definitions of Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.
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ISBN 9783030784973
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030784973
Sprache:
Englisch
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