Culture, human agency, and economic theory: Culture as a determinant of material welfare

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 379-391

  Altman, Morris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Culture; Development; J200; O100; X efficiency; Z100

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041820216     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(01)00109-3     Document Type: Article

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