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on Cultural Economics |
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Issue of 2024‒09‒02
four papers chosen by Roberto Zanola, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale |
| By: | Christos Giovanopoulos (Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T.) |
| Abstract: | The Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T project focuses on sustainable management of cultural and natural heritage in Chalandri (Athens), Greece. For additional information, see the [project overview](https://rsijournal.eu/wp-conte nt/uploads/CONF.2024.06.1.pdf). |
| Keywords: | Cultural Heritage, Sustainability, Management, H.ID.RA.N.T |
| Date: | 2024–08 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:bfb:cnfser:2024-5 |
| By: | Vuillemey, Guillaume (HEC Paris) |
| Abstract: | I show that home ownership decisions across countries and individuals are shaped by a cultural heritage from agriculture. For centuries, dominant assets in pre-industrial economies were either land or cattle. Consequently, the type of farming prevailing locally shaped preferences and believes about the relative value of immovable and movable assets. This cultural heritage had long-lasting consequences. Today, individuals originating from societies with a history of crop agriculture - where the dominant asset was land - are more likely to be homeowners. For identification, I rely both on home ownership decisions of second-generation immigrants in the US and on instrumental variables. |
| Keywords: | Homeownership; Culture; Persistence; Immovable assets; Movable assets; Agriculture; Land |
| JEL: | G11 G51 R21 |
| Date: | 2023–02–09 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ebg:heccah:1477 |
| By: | Jacob Morrier; Amine Mahmassani; R. Michael Alvarez |
| Abstract: | This article seeks to provide accurate estimates of the causal effect of exposure to toxic language on player engagement and the proliferation of toxic language. To this end, we analyze proprietary data from the first-person action video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, published by Activision. To overcome causal identification problems, we implement an instrumental variables estimation strategy. Our findings confirm that exposure to toxic language significantly affects player engagement and the probability that players use similar language. Accordingly, video game publishers have a vested interest in addressing toxic language. Further, we demonstrate that this effect varies significantly depending on whether toxic language originates from opponents or teammates, whether it originates from teammates in the same party or a different party, and the match's outcome. This has meaningful implications regarding how resources for addressing toxicity should be allocated. |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2407.09736 |
| By: | Matthew J. Baker; Joyce P. Jacobsen |
| Abstract: | We discuss the interrelationship between the treatment of the elderly, the nature of production, and the transmission of culture. Respect for the elderly is endogenous. Parents cultivate an interest in consuming culture in their children; when they are older, children compensate their elders proportional to the degree to which their interests were previously cultivated. We show that this model is functionally equivalent to one in which cultural goods are transferred across generations. We focus on the relative well-being of the elderly and use the model to explain patterns in their relative well-being across societies. An important theme is that the cultivation of culture and norms for the respect and support of the elderly bear a nonlinear relationship with many economic variables, such as capital and or land intensity in production. We also discuss the interaction of property rights with production, assets such as productive resources, and relative treatment of the elderly. Insecurity of some types of property rights, such as rights over output, may benefit the elderly, while secure rights over productive resources may also benefit the elderly. We discuss how the elderly could be affected by demographic, technological and policy changes in both developing and developed economies. |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2407.09638 |