Cultural leader and the dynamics of assimilation
Cultural leader and the dynamics of assimilation
This paper studies the population dynamics of cultural traits in a model of intergenerational cultural transmission with a perfectly-forward looking cultural leader. We show that there exists a threshold size in terms of population above which the cultural leader becomes active. We also show that a policy affecting some key parameters has a different impact in the short run and in the long run due to over-reactions or under-reactions of the different cultural groups.
cultural substituability, integration, leaders
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Verdier, Thierry
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Zenou, Yves
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May 2018
Verdier, Thierry
1d41c8f6-124d-4b89-a9ed-57a114089bdc
Zenou, Yves
38bf0c72-462b-4c08-8fd1-ce365b0296dc
Verdier, Thierry and Zenou, Yves
(2018)
Cultural leader and the dynamics of assimilation.
Journal of Economic Theory, 175, .
(doi:10.1016/j.jet.2018.01.019).
Abstract
This paper studies the population dynamics of cultural traits in a model of intergenerational cultural transmission with a perfectly-forward looking cultural leader. We show that there exists a threshold size in terms of population above which the cultural leader becomes active. We also show that a policy affecting some key parameters has a different impact in the short run and in the long run due to over-reactions or under-reactions of the different cultural groups.
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Accepted/In Press date: 31 January 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 February 2018
Published date: May 2018
Keywords:
cultural substituability, integration, leaders
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Local EPrints ID: 420713
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/420713
ISSN: 0022-0531
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Thierry Verdier
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