1. Introduction -- 2. A history of thought about culture and economy -- 3. The re-emergence of culture in economics -- 4. Methods and methodology of culture and economics -- 5. Culture and cross-country differences in institutions -- 6. Culture and economic performance -- 7. Religion as culture...

This paper investigates whether in OECD-countries the negative relation between central bank independence and inflation is related to culture, in the sense of common values and norms. It appears that inflation is lower in countries where people dislike uncertainty. The tolerance in a society...

We use Bulgarian firm level data to investigate the impact of liquidity constraints on investment performance. Internal funds are an important determinant of investment in most industrialized countries. We test whether internal funds are important for firm investment during the current...