stronger ties to French culture exhibit a more effective transplant even when controlling for institutional proximity. Our …

This research explores the effects of culture on technological diffusion and economic development. It shows that … culture's direct effects on development and barrier effects to technological diffusion are, in general, observationally … culture, while lending credence to the idea that common ancestry generates persistence and plays a central role in economic …

institutions. It is shown that the main such force or source of institutional change is culture, interpreted in a broad sense … culture as a source of formation of the quality of national institutions and a factor of sustainable economic dynamics is …