A Conflict of State-led Initiative and Economic Rationality: Focusing on the State Language and Lingua Franca in Uzbekistan

Masahiro Tokunaga (), Ravshan Shomurodov and Okiliddin Alimov
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Masahiro Tokunaga: Faculty of Business and Commerce, Kansai University
Ravshan Shomurodov: Faculty of Banking, Tashkent Institute of Finance
Okiliddin Alimov: Faculty of Japanese Studies, Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies

No 1068, KIER Working Papers from Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research

Abstract: To untangle the root of contradictions across linguistic development in post-Soviet Uzbekistan, we explicitly introduce linguistic factors into the transaction cost theory of new institutional economics and the concepts of institutional connectivity and complementarity proposed by comparative institutional analysis in an attempt to construct a theoretical framework for comprehending the dilemma between the state-led initiative and economic rationality regarding linguistic issues in the post-Soviet space. In light of these theoretical considerations, we propose three types of conceptual institutional settings and examine a case study of Uzbekistan that lacks robustness of institutional complementarity for implementing the effective language policies.

Keywords: transaction costs; institutional complementarity; state language; lingua franca; Uzbekistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P21 P52 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29pages
Date: 2021-10
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