The Role of Cultural Leaders in the Transmission of Preferences
15 Pages Posted: 21 Sep 2015
Date Written: September 2015
Abstract
This paper studies the population dynamics of preference traits in a model of intergenerational cultural transmission with cultural leaders who compete for oblique socialization. We show that by adding this new channel in the transmission of preferences, i.e. cultural leaders, in steady-state, there cannot be an equilibrium with total assimilation or total integration of the population.
Keywords: assimilation, cultural leaders, integration, Socialization
JEL Classification: J13, J15, Z10
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Verdier, Thierry and Zenou, Yves and Zenou, Yves, The Role of Cultural Leaders in the Transmission of Preferences (September 2015). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10832, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2663430
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