Discussion paper

DP10832 The Role of Cultural Leaders in the Transmission of Preferences

This paper studies the population dynamics of preference traits in a model of intergenerational cultural transmission with cultural leaders who compete for oblique socialization. We show that by adding this new channel in the transmission of preferences, i.e. cultural leaders, in steady-state, there cannot be an equilibrium with total assimilation or total integration of the population.

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Citation

Verdier, T and Y Zenou (2015), ‘DP10832 The Role of Cultural Leaders in the Transmission of Preferences‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 10832. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp10832