Domestic institutions can have profound effects on international trade. This chapter reviews
the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of this insight. Particular attention is paid to …

With increasing sophistication, economists have been estimating gravity equations for five
decades. Robust evidence shows that borders and distance impede trade by much more …

This paper presents a survey of the theoretical and empirical literature on cultural
transmission and socialization. It has been prepared for the Handbook of Social Economics …

In this article we survey recent advances in the economic theory of cultural transmission. We
highlight three main themes on which the literature has made great progress in the last 10 …

International trade flows of cultural goods have grown rapidly over the last decades and their
liberalization will be an important issue of future multilateral trade negotiations. In this paper …

Unemployment varies across space and in time. Can attitudes toward work explain some of
these differences? We study job search durations along the Swiss language border, sharply …

Social norms are customary or ideal forms of behavior to which individuals in a group try to
conform. From an analytical standpoint, the key feature of social norms is that they induce a …

We propose a novel perspective on migration and cultural change by asking both
theoretically and empirically whether migration is a source of cultural convergence or …

Using a panel dataset of 70 countries spanning 42 years (1970–2011), we investigate the
distinct effects of social globalisation and trade openness on national trends in markers of …

Luxury brands across the globe have made inroads into emerging markets (EM). While
some brands have succeeded in one EM, they have failed to replicate their success in …