TY - RPRT AU - Alesina, Alberto AU - Giuliano, Paola TI - Culture and Institutions PY - 2015/Aug/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 9246 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9246 AB - A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that culture matters for a variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific aspect of the relevance of culture: its relationship to institutions. We review work with a theoretical, empirical, and historical bent to assess the presence of a two-way causal effect between culture and institutions. KW - institutions KW - culture ER -