How much should we trust the World Values Survey trust question?

We use a unique data set of trust game replications to validate the commonly used “trust” question from the World Values Survey. We find that trust as measured by the World Values Survey is positively correlated with experimentally measured trust.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Johnson, Noel D. ; Mislin, Alexandra
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 116.2012, 2, p. 210-212
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Trust \| Trust game \| World values survey \| Cross-cultural experiments

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; Z10 - Cultural Economics. General ; C83 - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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