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Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange?
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - Department of Economics, European University Institute - 2007
results suggest that perceptions rooted in culture are important (and generally omitted) determinants of economic exchange. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005557723
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PROTECTING CULTURAL MONUMENTS AGAINST TERRORISM
Frey, Bruno S.; Rohner, Dominic - In: Defence and Peace Economics 18 (2007) 3, pp. 245-252
Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy to discourage terrorist attacks on iconic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005495948
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Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism
Frey, Bruno S.; Rohner, Dominic - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2005
Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005463528
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Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - Society for Economic Dynamics - SED - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051330
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Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes?
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Economists have been reluctant to rely on culture as a possible determinant of economic phenomena. The notion of … culture is so broad and the channels through which it can enter the economic discourse so vague that it is difficult to design … testable hypotheses. In this paper we show this does need to be the case. We introduce a narrower definition of culture that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661450
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Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
instrumented with its cultural determinants. We conclude that perceptions rooted in culture are important (and generally omitted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661566
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Long Term Persistence
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - Department of Economics, European University Institute - 2008
’s conjecture that today marked differences in social capital between the North and South of Italy were due to the culture of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005697650
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Ich Bin Auch ein Lemming: Herding and Consumption Capital in Arts and Culture
Rohner, Dominic; Winestein, Anna; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2006
Trends in arts and culture tend to be longer-lasting and less fragile than in other fields such as clothing design … relative and absolute concentration in the television business. It is concluded that by being exposed to art and culture people …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627866
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What Values Should Count in the Arts? The Tension between Economic Effects and Cultural Value
Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
commercial actitivities induced is measured by the so-called “impact effect”. On the other hand, the value of culture is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005628008
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Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism
Frey, Bruno S.; Rohner, Dominic - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2005
Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005673504