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The Macroeconomics of Model T
Foellmi, Reto; Wuergler, Tobias; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We study a model of endogenous growth where firms invest both in product and process innovations. Product innovations (that open up completely new product lines) satisfy the advanced wants of the rich. Subsequent process innovations (that decrease costs per unit of quality) transform the...
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Incompatible European Partners? Cultural Predispositions and Household Financial Behavior
Haliassos, Michael; Jansson, Thomas; Karabulut, Yigitcan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
fails to identify a single ‘southern’ culture but points to a ‘northern’ culture. Our findings support the relevance of …
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Religion and Innovation
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years: The Rise in Premarital Sex and its Destigmitization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
states to inculcate sexual mores. Technology affects culture. …
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Laws and Norms
Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper analyzes how private decisions and public policies are shaped by personal and societal preferences (values), material or other explicit incentives (laws) and social sanctions or rewards (norms). It first examines how honor, stigma and social norms arise from individuals’ behaviors...
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On the origins of gender roles: women and the plough
Alesina, Alberto F; Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the evolution and...
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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal … collectivism, in line with recent advances in biology and neuro-science. The effect of culture on long-run growth remains very …
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Persistent effects of empires: Evidence from the partitions of Poland
Grosfeld, Irena; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We use spatial regression discontinuity analysis to test whether the historical partition of Poland among three empires—Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Prussia—has a persistent effect on political outcomes in contemporary Poland and to examine the channels of this influence. We find that the...
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The Causal Impact of Common Native Language on International Trade: Evidence from a Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design
Egger, Peter; Lassmann, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper studies the causal effect of sharing a common native language on international trade. Switzerland is a multilingual country that hosts four official language groups of which three are major (French, German, and Italian). These groups of native language speakers are geographically...
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A Cultural Clash View of the EU Crisis
Guiso, Luigi; Herrera, Helios; Morelli, Massimo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
If voters of different countries adhere to different and deeply rooted cultural norms, when these countries interact their leaders may find it impossible to agree on effcient policies especially in hard times. Political leaders’actions are bound by a “conformity constraint”that requires...
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