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Handbook of Culture and Economic Behavior

  • 1st Edition, Volume 1 - September 23, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Benjamin Enke, Paola Giuliano, Nathan Nunn, Leonard Wantchekon
  • Language: English

Handbook of Culture and Economic Behavior, Volume One, the latest release in this series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting c… Read more

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Handbook of Culture and Economic Behavior, Volume One, the latest release in this series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of interesting topics such as Understanding the Cultural Foundation of Psychology, Ethnographic Records, Folklore, and AI, On the Measurement of Social Heterogeneity, The Global Variation in Economic Preferences, The Nature of Culture, Do liberal institutions sustain the liberal culture they require? Endogenous social preferences and why they matter, Identity Economics and the Economics of Culture, Economic Models of Cultural Transmission, Models of Norms, Markets and Religious Institutions, and Parenting Styles.

Key features

  • Presents the latest information on Culture and Economic Behavior research
  • Offers outstanding and original reviews on a range of research topics
  • Serves as an indispensable reference for researchers and students alike

Readership

Undergraduates, graduates, academics, and researchers

Table of contents

Part I: Measuring and quantifying cultural heterogeneity

1. Understanding the cultural foundation of psychology
Steven J. Heine

2. Ethnographic records, folklore, and AI
Stelios Michalopoulos

3. On the measurement of social heterogeneity
Klaus Desmet, Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín, and Romain Wacziarg

4. The global variation in risk and time preferences
Anke Becker, Christina Borner, Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David Huffman, and Uwe Sunde

Part II: Theories of culture

5. The nature of culture
Robert Boyd and Peter J. Richerson

6. Do liberal-democratic institutions sustain the values they require? Endogenous social preferences and why they matter
Samuel Bowles and Katrin Schmelz

7. Identity economics and the economics of culture
George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton

8. Biological foundations of economic behavior
Arthur J. Robson and Nikolaus Robalino

9. Economic models of cultural transmission
Alberto Bisin and Thierry Verdier

10. Modeling social institutions
Jean-Paul Carvalho

11. A stairway to success: how parenting shapes culture and social stratification
Francesco Agostinelli, Matthias Doepke, Giuseppe Sorrenti, and Fabrizio Zilibotti

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 1
  • Published: September 29, 2026
  • Language: English