News and Events
Papers to Appear in Special Issue
Papers from the IERC conference on "The Economic Performance of Civilizations:
Roles of Culture, Religion, and the Law" will be published in a special issue of the
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Additional papers from the special issue will be placed online int the next few months. Read the papers.
Conference Final Drafts
Read papers from IERC's conference. To read the final drafts click here.
Interview
USC Today interview with Timur Kuran, December 18, 2006. To read the interview click here.
About the Institute
Learn more about the Institute for Economic Research on Civilizations
The Economic Performance of Civilizations:
Roles of Culture, Religion, and the Law
Visit the conference webcast archive.
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IERC hosted its inaugural conference February 23-24, 2007. The conference joined scholars from several disciplines together to explore the effects of religion, cultures and legal systems on the economic trajectories of civilizations. The civilizations studied comparatively include those of East Asia, the Middle East, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. Contexts emphasized include commercial organizations, public finance, state formation, property rights and industrial organizations. |
