DP15233 Culture, Institutions and Policy

Author(s):	Torsten Persson, Guido Tabellini
Publication Date:	August 2020
Keyword(s):	Culture, Development, History, institutions, Persistence
JEL(s):	H0, N0, O1
Programme Areas:	Public Economics, Macroeconomics and Growth
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We review theoretical and empirical research on the dynamic interactions between cultures and institutions. We think about culture as a system of values and about institutions as formalized rules of the game. Our presentation is organized around a simple theoretical framework of political agency, which is gradually expanded so as to introduce new links and feedbacks between culture and institutions.