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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP10722 |
DP10722 Paternalism, Cultural Transmission and Diffusion on Complex Networks | |
Thierry Verdier; Fabrizio Panebianco | |
发表日期 | 2015-07-19 |
出版年 | 2015 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We study cultural diffusion in a complex network where the transition probabilities are determined by a cultural transmission technology with endogenous vertical transmission rates (a la Bisin and Verdier, 2001). We derive a two-way epidemic model in which both the infection and the recovery rates are endogenous and depend on the topology of the network. First, we identify a "social structure bias" in cultural transmission that determines the direction of cultural change relating the economic structure of parental socialization incentives to the social network structure. Second, we characterize two balancing conditions satisfied by the network degree distribution and the vertical transmission rate distribution to ensure the sustainability of long run cultural heterogeneity. Third, we show how paternalistic motivations for endogenous cultural transmission interact with the "social structure bias" channel and maintain steady state cultural diversity for any network structure. |
主题 | Industrial Organization ; Public Economics |
关键词 | Social Networks Diffusion Cultural transmission Mean-field |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp10722 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/539553 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Thierry Verdier,Fabrizio Panebianco. DP10722 Paternalism, Cultural Transmission and Diffusion on Complex Networks. 2015. |
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