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on Cultural Economics |
| By: | Juan Carlos Cuestas; Sebastián Freille; Patricio O'Gorman |
| Abstract: | In this paper we examine the presence of agenda-setting effects by the print media in Argentina during 2003 and 2008. Using previously unavailable monthly data on newspapers mentions we test two hypotheses about the relationship between the different agendas. We find support for the hypothesis that there were media effects during our period of analyisis. More specifically, we find that the total number of newspaper mentions of the President positively influenced public confidence in the government. Finally, there is also evidence of a strong and stable relationship between the total number of economic news and leading economic indicators. |
| Keywords: | Agenda-setting, Public opinion, Cointegration, Media effects |
| Date: | 2010–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbs:wpaper:2010/5&r=cul |
| By: | E. Anthon Eff |
| Abstract: | Cross-cultural researchers often combine several component variables into a composite index or “scale.” The value of a scale for a particular observation is sensitive not only to the values of its component variables, but also to the values of the weights used to combine the components. This sensitivity to weight values is unfortunate, given that the choice of weighting scheme is in some ways arbitrary. A method is presented here, based on linear programming, which reduces the sensitivity of a scale to the component weights. An example scale is produced, for the prevalence of markets and property rights in the societies of the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample. A program, written for R, is included. |
| Keywords: | Standard Cross-Cultural Sample; linear programming; Tiered Data Envelopment Analysis; market and property rights index |
| JEL: | C6 Z13 |
| Date: | 2010–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:mts:wpaper:201009&r=cul |