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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy, Roland, Gerard
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The cultural evolution and ecology of institutions [PDF]

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021
Abstract Human societies are structured by what we refer to as ‘institutions’, which are socially created and culturally inherited proscriptions on behaviour that define roles and set expectations about social interactions. The study of institutions in several social science fields has provided many important insights that have not ...
Thomas E Currie   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Culture and Institutions [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economic Literature, 2013
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 ...
Alesina, Alberto, Giuliano, Paola
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Culture, institutions and democratization* [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Choice, 2020
We construct a model of revolution and transition to democracy under individualistic and collectivist cultures. The main result is that, despite facing potentially more challenging collective action problems, countries with individualistic cultures are more likely to end up adopting democracy earlier than countries with collectivist cultures.
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy, Roland, Gerard
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Subsidising cultural institutions from domestic funds in a light of a non-commercial nature of these entities

open access: yesPrawo Budżetowe Państwa i Samorządu, 2021
The study deals with legal aspects of subsidising cultural institutions from national funds. The analysis and evaluation focuses on, among others, regulations on subject-specific subsidies, special-purpose budget subsidies, and (finally) subsidies from ...
Bartosz Kołaczkowski   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social institutions and cultural identity [PDF]

open access: yesSociološki Pregled, 2004
This paper consists of two parts. In the first one, the author points out the importance of institutional framework for creation and preservation of cultural identity as one of the most important constitutional elements of a modern national identity.
Mitrović Milovan M.
doaj   +1 more source

Online presentation and promotion of cultural content in the time of the coronavirus pandemic on the example of two national institutions of the Republic of Macedonia [PDF]

open access: yesBaština, 2022
The subject of research interest is the presentation and promotion of cultural content in the period of the coronavirus pandemic via the social network Facebook by the NI Archaeological Museum and the NI Drama Theater from the Republic of Macedonia (RM).
Koneska-Vasilevska Tea S.
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Complementary sources of financing cultural institutions – economic activity (services, trade, property management), investment of free funds and sponsorship

open access: yesPrawo Budżetowe Państwa i Samorządu, 2022
This article is focused on sources of financing for cultural institutions, for which the Authors recognize economic activity (services, trade, property management), allocating free funds and sponsorship. The text is narrowed to sources of financing which
Bartosz Kołaczkowski   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural institutions as carriers of the development of national identity and cultural tourism [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2021
The aim of this research is to find a place of the cultural and historical heritage of a certain region in the territory of the Republic of Serbia in the citizens' conscience mental mapping and to detremine the tourist potential of that heritage.
Vukčević Jelena M., Antić Dejan D.
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Lonely, isolated, self-excluded? What is the reason for the absence of male seniors in cultural institutions?

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Sociologica, 2023
The aim of this article is to present the determinants of the limited presence of senior men in cultural institutions in Poland. The text characterises the context in which older men undertake institutional cultural activity and identifies the main ...
Krzysztof Stachura
doaj   +1 more source

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