Do National Cultural Traits Affect Comparative Advantage in Cultural Goods?

Zhaobin Fan; Shujuan Huang; William R J Alexander

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Do National Cultural Traits Affect Comparative Advantage in Cultural Goods?

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Do National Cultural Traits Affect Comparative Advantage in Cultural Goods?

Zhaobin Fan, Shujuan Huang and William R J Alexander

Sustainability, Vol.9(7), 1153

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su9071153

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Abstract

national culture

comparative advantage

cultural goods

UniSC Diversity Area - Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

Trade in cultural goods is making an increasingly significant contribution to international trade, but its flows are very uneven across regions, which has raised concerns over cultural homogenization. This paper considers various aspects of national culture as possible explanations for comparative advantage in cultural goods. Using data from 98 countries over the period 2004 to 2014, and employing Hofstede's multidimensional approach to culture, we test the relationship between the dimensions of national culture and comparative advantage in cultural goods. We find that the cultural dimensions of individualism, masculinity, long-term orientation, and indulgence are positively associated, whereas the cultural dimensions of power distance and uncertainty avoidance are negatively associated with comparative advantage in cultural goods

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Title: Do National Cultural Traits Affect Comparative Advantage in Cultural Goods?
Authors: Zhaobin Fan (Author) - Jinan University, China
Shujuan Huang (Author) - Jinan University, China
William R J Alexander (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Publication details: Sustainability, Vol.9(7), 1153; 16
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.3390/su9071153
ISSN: 2071-1050
Copyright note: Copyright © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451195702621
Output Type: Journal article

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