Economics of Culture and Institutions
Organized by Alberto Bisin and Paola Giuliano
April 13, 2013

Saturday, April 13

1

Does Contract Failure Foster Ethnic Assimilation? Evidence from Cochineal in Mexcio

Saumitra Jha, Stanford University
Alberto J. Diaz-Cayeros, Stanford University

2

The Caloric Costs of Culture: Evidence from Indian Migrants

David G. Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

3

Democracy, Dictatorship and the Cultural Transmission of Political Values

Davide Ticchi, Marche Polytechnic University
Thierry Verdier, Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
Andrea Vindigni, Università degli Studi di Genova

4

Duty, Anger, and Compliance

Robert Akerlof, University of New South Wales

5

Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements: A Theory of the Islamic Revival in Egypt

Christine Binzel, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jean-Paul Carvalho, University of Oxford