This paper proposes a new framework for studying the interplay between culture and institutions. We follow the recent … sociology literature and interpret culture as a \repertoire", which allows rich cultural responses to changes in the environment … and shifts in political power. Specifically, we start with a culture set, which consists of attributes and the feasible …

Reservations. The regime change represents a unique opportunity to quantify brand loyalty because it almost doubled the price of … premium-brand cigarettes, while Native brands were still untaxed. We use data from two different sources--the New York State … three-quarters remained brand loyal …

typically assumed ad-hoc in customer market and brand switching cost models. A central result of the paper is that deep habits …

suggest that misinformation and related consumer mistakes explain a sizable share of the brand premium for health products …