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The Power of the Family
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The structure of family relationships influences economic behavior and attitudes. We define our measure of family ties using individual responses from the World Value Survey regarding the role of the family and the love and respect that children need to have for their parents for over 70...
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Rethinking the Culture - Economy Dialectic
Brons, Lajos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The culture - economy dialectic (CED), the opposition of the concepts and phenomena of culture and economy, is one of … the most important notions in the modern history of ideas. Both the disciplinary boundaries and much theoretical thought … CED might be useful to better understand the history of ideas in social science and the currently fashionable research on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836869
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INSTITUTIONS AND VALUES OF ROMANIANS – COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL REGIONS
Livia, Baciu; Laura, Asandului; Andreea-Oana, Iacobuta - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 2 (2009) 1, pp. 246-251
Starting from the results of a national survey, a questionnaire on the values of Romanians was applied in April 2008 which was used for a comparative analysis of historical regions of Romania: Moldova, Bucharest, Dobrogea, Transilvania and Muntenia.
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Does Culture Affect Corporate Governance?
Gantenbein, Pascal; Volonté, Christophe - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Basel - 2012
The legal environment is one important determinant of corporate governance. However,  within  legal families,  also cultural  differences can explain the level of corporate governance to some extent. We analyze this relationship for the case of Switzerland.  Swiss firms  are mainly located...
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Minorities in Rural China: Poorer but Inherently Happier?
Knight, John; Shi, Li; Chang, Yuan - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014
This is a pioneering study of the determinants of the subjective well-being of ethnic minority people in rural China, using a specially designed sample survey relating to 2011.  The underlying hypothesis is that the lifestyle and attitudes of ethnic minorities contribute to their happiness. ...
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Culture: Persistence and Evolution
Schiantarelli, Fabio; Giavazzi, Francesco; Petkov, Ivan - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2014
second generation, and imply lesser degree of persistence. Finally, we show that persistence is ”culture specific” in the …
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Witchcraft Beliefs and the Erosion of Trust: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and Beyond
Gershman, Boris - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between witchcraft beliefs, a deep-rooted cultural phenomenon, and trust, an integral element of social capital. We argue that witchcraft beliefs erode trust and cooperation and exploit novel survey data from nineteen countries of Sub-Saharan Africa to test...
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The Family Business in Collectivist Societies: Traits and Implications
El Fasiki, Hamza - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
attention is drawn to the role that collectivism plays in influencing family culture and the way in which it manifests in … entrepreneurial activity throughout family generations. Collectivist societies and the family culture experienced by its individuals … collectivist society on the family business paradigm and explores how organisational and family culture become one, and the power …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258641
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The Family Business in Collectivist Societies: Traits and Implications
El Fasiki, Hamza - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
attention is drawn to the role that collectivism plays in influencing family culture and the way in which it manifests in … entrepreneurial activity throughout family generations. Collectivist societies and the family culture experienced by its individuals … collectivist society on the family business paradigm and explores how organisational and family culture become one, and the power …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259607
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Культура и государство: новый взгляд
Rubinstein, Alexander Yakovlevich - Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - 2007
взгляд". <P> The article concerns the problems of state financing of the Russian culture at its present-day development stage …. Statistical information is provided on the budget expenditures on culture from 1990 through 2005. The report "Culture and Future …
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