This paper studies how economic incentives influence cultural transmission, using a crucial expression of cultural … identity: Child naming decisions. Our focus is on Arabic versus Non-Arabic names given in France over the 2003-2007 period. Our … economic incentives largely influence naming choices: Would the parental expectation on the economic penalty be zero, the …

This paper studies how economic incentives influence cultural transmission, using a crucial expression of cultural … identity: Child naming decisions. Our focus is on Arabic versus Non-Arabic names given in France over the 2003-2007 period. Our … economic incentives largely influence naming choices: Would the parental expectation on the economic penalty be zero, the …

We address the question of competition within the location choices of firms. In a framework of agglomeration effects …, both spatial and temporal dimensions of the firms' decisions are studied. We show that the competition consequences of … tend to demonstrate that the relation between competition strength and spatial differentiation remains pertinent in a …

-7% higher without divestitures. Up to 30% savings could have been obtained in Latin America by emulating the pro-competition …