Institutions, Culture, and the Tropical Development Gap: The Agro-Climatic Origins of Social Norms about Thrift and Sharing.
The development gap between countries in tropical and temperate zones has been attributed to a variety of factors. Using data from the World Values Survey, we find that social norms about thrift, as opposed to sharing, vary with the length of the winter season. We also show that this cultural dimens...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Economic Issues Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 677 - 703 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2019
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