Meta-analyses in Economic Psychology: A sustainable approach to cross-cultural differences

Matteo M. Marini and Giulia Ulivieri

MUNI ECON Working Papers from Masaryk University

Abstract: This manuscript is a methodological work on the state of research using meta-analytic procedures in Economic Psychology, with a focus on the investigation of cross-cultural differences. We review published meta-analyses and introduce a new classification thereof by data source, describing how the different categories relate to the study of cross-cultural differences. We also discuss related opportunities and challenges, proposing a sustainable methodological approach that is then implemented in three case studies where we re-analyze data from published meta-analyses. In doing so, the relevance of culture as a determinant is explored by relating country-level cultural indicators to experimental measures of risk aversion, tax compliance, and prosocial behavior, respectively. It turns out that, after we control for country-level cultural heterogeneity and economic development, country-level individualism predicts these economic outcomes. We discuss possible interpretations of our findings.

Keywords: meta-analysis; individualism; fractionalization; Multiple Price List; Tax Evasion Game; Dictator Game (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C90 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2024-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-evo and nep-gth
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
http://repec.econ.muni.cz/mub/wpaper/wp/econ/WP_MUNI_ECON_2024-01.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:mub:wpaper:2024-01

DOI: 10.5817/WP_MUNI_ECON_2024-01

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in MUNI ECON Working Papers from Masaryk University Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().