Until recently, economists have been reluctant to rely on culture as a possible determinant of
economic phenomena. Much of this reluctance stems from the very notion of culture: it is so …

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 …

The ways in which the relationship of culture to the economy is treated in economics and
neighbouring subjects are classified into three streams, labelled Cultural Nullity, Cultural …

In anthropology, there are two traditions that treat" culture" in opposing ways. The idealist
tradition, of which Lévi-Strauss (1963) is a prominent modern exponent, is pitted against the …

Since the early 1990s, culture, in the sense of norms and values, has entered economic
analysis again, whereas it was totally absent from mainstream economics during most of the …

The importance of culture. Culture is a potentially nebulous concept. Many economists deny
culture any place in their theories on the grounds that the concept is so imprecise. Yet …

... the book is excellent in setting out and explaining a fundamental critique of economics
one moreover that has been missed by most other current critics of the field. Making this …

One of the central questions raised in this collection,'To what extent is it useful, or indeed
possible, to claim that contemporary economic relations are more or less “culturalized” than …

We investigate the empirical relationship between ethnicity and culture, defined as a vector
of traits reflecting norms, values, and attitudes. Using survey data for 76 countries, we find …

The range of chapters in this book suggests that there are many ways of thinking of cultural
economy. Perhaps it has to do with the growth of the culture industries. Perhaps it has to so …