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How do values influence the functioning of institutions and the effects of policies?

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITA COMMERCIALE LUIGI BOCCONI    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	1˙068˙000 €
EC contributo	1˙068˙000 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2008-AdG
Funding Scheme	ERC-AG
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-11-01   -   2013-10-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITA COMMERCIALE LUIGI BOCCONI  Organization address address: Via Sarfatti 25 city: MILANO postcode: 20136 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Laura Cognome: Salini Email: send email Telefono: +3902 5836 3300 Fax: +3902 5836 3302	IT (MILANO)	hostInstitution	0.00
2	UNIVERSITA COMMERCIALE LUIGI BOCCONI  Organization address address: Via Sarfatti 25 city: MILANO postcode: 20136 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Guido Cognome: Tabellini Email: send email Telefono: +3902 5836 3318 Fax: +3902 5836 3309	IT (MILANO)	hostInstitution	0.00

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'Many recent contributions by economists have stressed the importance of culture in explaining economic and institutional outcomes. Taking this literature as a point of departure, we study three questions. First, how do values and beliefs influence the functioning of government institutions? We combine recent insights from political economics with the idea that civic values matter through citizens political participation, such as voters behavior and voice activities. Our goal is to lay the foundations for an economic theory of clientelism. We then study empirically voters with different cultural traditions react to news of politicians dishonesty; and how alternative political institutions influence the selection of politicians depending on the cultural environment. Second, what can be done to promote economic development and improve the functioning of government institutions in a society with lack of social capital and poor values? We study empirically two important policy tools. The first is transfers to poor localities from higher levels of governments. If civic values are deficient, transfers might reinforce clientelism. We test various possible channels for such adverse effects. Second, exploiting a natural experiment, we study the effects of decentralizing the selection of university professors. Third, what are the main mechanisms of cultural transmission, and how do they interact with the external environment? We explore the role of schools, families and peers in the formation of values and beliefs, using a unique feature of the large PISA surveys. Schools are a main vehicles of cultural transmission. They are also a public service with a complex organization. We study how values and beliefs, the organization of schools and citizens voice interact with each other. Much of our empirical analysis focuses on Italian regions and municipalities. Although these questions cut across many disciplines, we take an economic approach.'