Bilateral trade of films, religion, and democracy (2002–2015)

Bibliographic Data

ID21262954
AuthorsMaria Gabriella Costa (0000-0002-8403-3541, Universidade de São Paulo), Maria Gabriella Oliveira Costa, Marislei Nishijima (0000-0003-1162-7987, Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author), Adriana Schor (0000-0002-1314-8798, Universidade de São Paulo), Edgar Antonio Perlotti (Universidade de São Paulo)
Year2023
Volume1
Issue1
Publication date2023-10-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscover Global Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2731-9687 • E-ISSN: 2731-9687
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s44282-023-00017-5
OpenAlexW4388017527
LanguageEN
References cited40

Some studies have already expressed the importance of cultural traits as key determinants of international trade in cultural goods. However, since a film is a cultural good and an important tool to promote cultural influence by soft power, we investigate whether the lack of democracy and different religions can be viewed as barriers to international trade. Religions, similar to autocracies, do not have good eyes for some types of behaviors that film consumption can instigate. Thus, focusing on conditional correlations between bilateral trade of films, religion, and democracy level, we employ a gravity framework using data between 2002 and 2015. As far as we are aware, this study signifies the pioneering effort to comprehensively examine these potential barriers collectively. Results indicate that democracy levels and different religions are potential barriers to film international trade

Autocracy · Democracy · Economics · Gravity model of trade · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Soft power · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Global trade and economics · International Business and FDI · Law · Psychology

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