자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0017161628

International Standard Book Number  

9798382784380

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

320

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Lu, Ziqi.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : Harvard University., 2024

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024

Physical Description  

173 p.

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-12, Section: A.

General Note  

Advisor: Nunn, Nathan;Glaeser, Edward.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2024.

Summary, Etc.  

요약This dissertation explores the economic impact of cultural factors.Chapter 1, co-authored with Zhongqi Deng and Tingfan Gao, examines how culture influences economics. We focus on the role of clan culture, a specific form of collectivism, in facilitating local economic development at the prefecture level. We find that clan culture encourages asset accumulation over consumption, leading to increased investment, lower interest rates, and more innovations. These factors contribute to higher income and reduced inequality in a general equilibrium, as demonstrated through a standard growth model.Chapter 2 delves into the evolution of culture, specifically people's intrinsic motivation for cooperation. By synthesizing insights from repeated-game theory, meta-analyses of laboratory experiments, and observational studies across countries, I discover that voluntary mobility--the freedom to choose one's social interactions--enhances cooperative preferences, whereas involuntary (exogenous) mobility diminishes them. This is because voluntary mobility allows cooperative individuals to leave uncooperative friends and stay with similarly cooperative peers, thereby encouraging the society to become cooperative in the long run. Conversely, involuntary mobility disrupts this process. The chapter also explores how geographical variations contribute to differing levels of voluntary mobility and, consequently, variations in cooperative tendencies among societies.Chapter 3, a collaboration with Yihong Huang and Yixi Jiang, investigates how behavioral mechanisms can be employed to modify people's behaviors. We conduct a field experiment on a Chinese social media platform to influence career choices concerning civil service. Participants exposed to repetitive negative information about civil service careers, as opposed to a single exposure, develop more negative perceptions, despite being aware of the repetition. This influences significant decisions, such as opting out of civil service examinations, demonstrating the real-world existence of correlation neglect--a behavioral bias where apparently correlated information is treated as independent.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Political science.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Public administration.

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Behavioral economics

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Collectivism

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Cooperation

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Cultural economics

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Experimental economics

Added Entry-Corporate Name  

Harvard University Economics

Host Item Entry  

Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-12A.

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