nep-cul New Economics Papers
on Cultural Economics
Issue of 2014‒03‒15
three papers chosen by
Roberto Zanola
Universita' del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro

  1. Cultural diversity and cities – the intercultural integration approach By Irena Guidikova
  2. HOW MUCH DOES TALENT MATTER? EVIDENCES FROM THE BRAZILIAN FORMAL CULTURAL INDUSTRY By AMIR BORGES FERREIRA NETO; RICARDO DA SILVA FREGUGLI
  3. Media bias and advertising: Evidence from a German car magazine By Dewenter, Ralf; Heimeshoff, Ulrich

  1. By: Irena Guidikova
    Abstract: Research has convincingly demonstrated that diversity of cultural backgrounds and associated differences in skills, education and abilities can be a rich resource for companies and creative teams but also for the social and economic development of societies. The challenge is to conceive and implement public policies and institutions that make it possible to realise the positive potential of diversity. The Intercultural integration policy paradigm which takes up this challenge has been developed and tested by the Council of Europe in a range of cities across the continent. The article introduces this paradigm as well as a series of examples of how it translates into different policy areas.
    Keywords: Diversity, diversity advantage, local policy, integration, inclusion
    Date: 2014–01
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rsc:rsceui:pp2014/03&r=cul
  2. By: AMIR BORGES FERREIRA NETO; RICARDO DA SILVA FREGUGLI
    Date: 2014
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:anp:en2013:233&r=cul
  3. By: Dewenter, Ralf; Heimeshoff, Ulrich
    Abstract: This paper investigates the existence of a possible media bias by analyzing the impact of automobile manufacturer's advertisements on automobile reviews in a leading German car magazine. By accounting for both endogeneity and sample selection using a two-step procedure, we find a positive impact of advertising volumes on test scores. The main advantage of our study is the measurement of technical characteristics of cars to explain test scores. Due to this kind of measurement, we avoid serious biases in estimating media bias caused by omitted variables. --
    Keywords: Car magazines,Media bias,Selection model,Instrumental variable estimation
    JEL: L15 L82
    Date: 2014
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:dicedp:132&r=cul

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