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Culture and Institutions

Alberto Alesina, Paola Giuliano

📖 Journal of Economic Literature → 📅 2015-12-01 🔗 DOI: 10.1257/jel.53.4.898

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A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that culture matters for a variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific aspect of the relevance of culture: its relationship to institutions. We review work with a theoretical, empirical, and historical bent to assess the presence of a two-way causal effect between culture and institutions. ( JEL D02, D72, I32, J12, Z13)

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