BELIEFS, INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT ON COMPLEX LANDSCAPES

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https://doi.org/10.31501/ealr.v7i2.6676

Abstract

Existe um consenso na literatura que instituições são uma das causas fundamentais do crescimento econômico e prosperidade. Então por que todos os países não optam por boas instituições? Este trabalho analisa o papel de crenças no processo de desenvolvimento econômico e escolha de instituições. Fitness landscapes e o conceito de coevolução são usados para compreender a evolução de crenças e instituições. Fitness landscapes permitem uma visualização intuitiva do problema de busca por crenças e instituições que promovam desenvolvimento e prosperidade. A análise mostra que o processo evolucionário no caso de crenças e instituições pode ser mais lento e ineficaz do que em outros substratos que também evoluem, como biologia, tecnologia e linguagem.

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  • Bernardo Pinheiro Machado Mueller, University of Brasília

    Departamento de Economia

    Universidade de Brasilia

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2017-01-27

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2016): Economic Analysis of Law Review

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