Globalization and the dynamics of cultural identity

Olivier, Jacques; Thoenig, Mathias; Verdier, Thierry

doi:10.1016/j.jinteco.2008.06.009

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“…Finally, unlike all above papers but in common with Olivier, Thoenig and Verdier (2008) and Pagano (2007) we find contrasting convergence effects of trade integration and factor market integration; but our model and these two models share little else in common, the former illustrates the dynamics of the demand for "cultural goods" that contribute to group identity while the latter concerns intellectual property.…”

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“…Here we explain how the decentralized updating of both preferences and contractual choices supports durable cultural and institutional differences that may provide a basis for specialization, comparative advantage, and hence trade, which in turn stabilizes the cultural and institutional differences. Our model hinges on the codetermination of institutions, cultures, and economic specialization, a nexus long-studied by economists with a historical bent (Gerschenkron, 1944;Kindleberger, 1962;Sokoloff and Engerman, 2000), but only recently modeled by economic theorists (Costinot, 2009;Bardhan, Mookherjee, and Tsumagari, 2009;Levchenko, 2007;Olivier, Thoenig, and Verdier, 2008).…”

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International Trade, Factor Mobility and the Persistence of Cultural-Institutional Diversity

Belloc

Bowles

2011

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Cultural and institutional differences among nations may result in differences in the ratios of marginal costs of goods in autarchy and thus be the basis of specialization and comparative advantage, as long as these differences are not eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of endogenous preferences and institutions under autarchy, trade and factor mobility in which multiple asymptotically stable cultural-institutional conventions may exist, among which transitions may occur as a result of decentralized and un-coordinated actions of employers or employees. We show that: i) specialization and trade may arise and enhance welfare even when the countries are identical other than their cultural-institutional equilibria; ii) trade liberalization does not lead to convergence, it reinforces the cultural-institutional differences upon which comparative advantage is based and may thus impede even Pareto-improving cultural-institutional transitions; and iii) by contrast, greater mobility of factors of production favors decentralized transitions to a superior cultural-institutional convention by reducing the minimum number of cultural or institutional innovators necessary to induce a transition. JEL CODES: D23, F15, F16, C73

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International Trade, Factor Mobility and the Persistence of Cultural-Institutional Diversity

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Bowles

2011

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“…In the same way, Janeba (2007) who models cultural identity as the result of the interaction of individual consumption decisions, suggests that-under certain conditions-free trade does not Pareto-dominate autarky. Olivier et al (2008) build up a simple model where microfounded dynamics of cultural identity are endogenous and interact with an international trade equilibrium. They show that social integration causes cultural convergence and can counterbalance the effects of goods market integration.…”

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Bilateral trade of cultural goods

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International trade flows of cultural goods have grown rapidly over the last decades and their liberalization will be an important issue of future multilateral trade negotiations. In this paper, we focus on bilateral trade in cultural goods and investigate its determinants. Furthermore, we use trade in cultural goods as a proxy for countries' cultural proximity and study if countries with proximate cultural tastes have more intense bilateral exchanges. Our estimations show a positive and significant influence of cultural flows on overall trade, suggesting that regulations fostering domestic cultural creation might have impacts going beyond what is generally expected.

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“…Therefore, an increasing number of studies have investigated international trade by incorporating cultural factors (e.g., Francois and van Ypersele, 2002;Bala and van Long, 2005;Janeba, 2007;Olivier et al, 2008). According to Rauch and Trinidad (2009), people enjoy an intrinsic consumption value of imported cultural goods, which leads to an increase in welfare in the short run.…”

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Effect of consuming imported cultural goods on trading partners’ tolerance toward immigrants: the case of Japanese anime in Korea

Yamamura

Shin

2016

Rev World Econ

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The consumption of imported goods is thought to influence consumers' views and attitudes toward export countries. It is important to consider this issue especially when there is political tension and conflict between countries. Because of this historical background, political conflict exists between Korea and Japan. This paper examines the effect of viewing Japanese anime (animation) on the attitudes of Koreans toward Japanese living in Korea. The major findings of the study show that the more frequently adult Koreans view Japanese anime, the more likely they are to accept Japanese as workplace colleagues and neighbors after controlling for endogeneity bias using instrumental variables. The findings of this paper imply that via the consumption of imported cultural goods, people are exposed to positive traits of the trading partner, and thus consumers have a stronger affinity with the export country. From this, we derive the policy implication that promoting trade of modern cultural goods is effective to increase mutual understanding between trade partners, reducing political tension between them.JEL classification: D12, D74, F16, Z11, Z18

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Globalization and the dynamics of cultural identity

Cited by 62 publications

References 13 publications

International Trade, Factor Mobility and the Persistence of Cultural-Institutional Diversity

International Trade, Factor Mobility and the Persistence of Cultural-Institutional Diversity

Bilateral trade of cultural goods

Effect of consuming imported cultural goods on trading partners’ tolerance toward immigrants: the case of Japanese anime in Korea

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