?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2215%2F&rft.title=Democracy%2C+dictatorship+and+the+cultural+transmission+of+political+values&rft.creator=Ticchi%2C+Davide&rft.creator=Verdier%2C+Thierry&rft.creator=Vindigni%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=JA+Political+science+(General)&rft.description=We+develop+a+theory+of+endogenous+regimes+transitions+(with+a+focus+on+democratic+consolidation)%2C+which+emphasizes+the+role+of+political+culture+and+of+its+interaction+with+political+institutions.+Political+culture+reflects+the+extent+of+individual+commitment+across+citizens+to+defend+democracy+against+a+potential+military+coup%2C+and+it+is+an+endogenous+state+variable+of+the+model+along+with+formal+political+institutions.+We+focus+on+two+agencies+of+political+socialization%3A+the+family+and+the+state.+Parents+invest+resources+in+order+to+transmit+their+own+political+values+(commitment+to+democracy)+to+their+children.+The+state+invests+resources+in+public+indoctrination+infrastructures.+The+model+displays+two-way+complementarities+between+political+regimes+and+political+culture+diffusion.+Consolidated+democracy+emerges+when+sufficiently+many+people+are+committed+to+democracy.+Otherwise+the+model+features+persistent+fluctuations+in+and+out+of+democracy+as+well+as+cycles+of+political+culture.+Importantly%2C+the+politico-economic+equilibrium+may+exhibit+a+persistent+(although+declining)+incongruence+between+political+institutions+and+political+culture%2C+which+tends+to+evolve+more+slowly+than+formal+institutions.&rft.publisher=IZA+Discussion+paper&rft.date=2013-06&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2215%2F1%2Fdp7441.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ticchi%2C+Davide+and+Verdier%2C+Thierry+and+Vindigni%2C+Andrea++Democracy%2C+dictatorship+and+the+cultural+transmission+of+political+values.++Discussion+Paper++%237741%2F2013++++IZA+Discussion+paper+++++++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iza.org%2Fen%2Fwebcontent%2Fpublications%2Fpapers%2FviewAbstract%3Fdp_id%3D7441