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Do political or ethnic and historical borders affect values and beliefs more? Some evidence from Central Europe

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  • Pál Czeglédi

    (Institute of Economics and World Economy, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary)

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The paper uses data from the World Values Survey and the European Values Study on individuals in Hungary and its neighbouring countries to examine the effects of political borders on different beliefs, as opposed to that of ethnic differences or historical borders. The focus on Hungary and its neighbours is explained by the fact that parts of the Hungarian ethno-linguistic community can be found in all these countries, which makes it possible to separate the effect of culture from that of the current political community. By applying a cultural gravity model which is concerned with the differences in beliefs between all possible pairs of individuals in the sample, the paper finds that out of five areas of beliefs, it is the beliefs regarding work, markets, and democracy whose differences are robustly affected by political borders, giving some support to the approach which argues that values are shaped through the dialogue occurring within a political community.

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  • Pál Czeglédi, 2021. "Do political or ethnic and historical borders affect values and beliefs more? Some evidence from Central Europe," Society and Economy, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 43(2), pages 103-127, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:soceco:v:43:y:2021:i:2:p:103-127
    DOI: 10.1556/204.2021.00004
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    Keywords

    culture; ethnicity; Central Europe; Hungary;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • B53 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Austrian
    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies

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