Does culture matter?

Handbook of Social Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 1 B, 2011, Pages 481-510

  Fernández, Raquel ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Culture; Norms; Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872372137     PISSN: 15706435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53187-2.00011-5     Document Type: Chapter

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