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National Culture and Financial Literacy : International Evidence

Ahunov, Muzaffar Olimjonovich - 2020

We examine to what extent (aspects of) national culture can explain cross-country variations in financial literacy. Our results, for a sample of 92 countries, show that Hofstede's dimensions of power distance and individualism explain, respectively, over 40 and 60 per cent – which is...

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Somatic distance, cultural affinities, trust and trade

Mélitz, Jacques; Toubal, Farid - 2018

Somatic distance, or differences in physical appearance, proves to be extremely important in the gravity model of bilateral trade in conformity with results in other areas of economics and outside of it in the social sciences. This is also true quite independently of survey evidence about...

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An analysis of the effects of cultural, religious, and linguistic differences on international trade

Yeganeh, Kia Hamid - In: Journal of East-West business 30 (2024) 1, pp. 66-91

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National culture and financial literacy : international evidence

Ahunov, Muzaffarjon; Van Hove, Leo - In: Applied economics 52 (2020) 21, pp. 2261-2279

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The Role of National Culture in Financial Literacy : Cross-Country Evidence

De Beckker, Kenneth - 2020

This paper examines the effect of national culture on adult financial literacy levels in 12 countries. Contrary to earlier financial literacy studies, our results are directly comparable across countries given that we use the standardized OECD/INFE financial literacy survey data and Hofstede's,...

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Language and culture as drivers of migration : linguistic and cultural barriers affect international migration flows

Adserà, Alícia - 2015

migrants arrive. Thus, it is increasingly important to consider what role differences in culture and language play in migration … decisions. Recent work shows that culture and language may explain migration patterns to developed countries even better than … in culture and language may create barriers that prevent the full realization of the potential economic gains from …

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