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Levels of trust are measured by asking standard survey questions on trust and by observing the behaviour in a trust … game using a random sample in rural Bangladesh. Follow-up questions and correlations between the sent amount in the trust … game and stated expectations reveal that the amount sent in the trust game is a weak measure of trust. The fear of future …
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Trust is measured using both survey questions and a standard trust experiment using a random sample of individuals in … rural Bangladesh. We found no significant effect of the social distance between Hindus and Muslims in the trust experiment …: Hindus, the minority, trust other people less in general, and Hindus trust Muslims more than the other way around. <p> …
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In a trust game conducted in rural Bangladesh, the proportion of money sent decreased significantly with the stake size …
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We develop and explore an economic model in which cigarette consumption enhances utility but reduces the probability of survival through the period. Social capital is produced by time spent developing and maintaining social relationships. By requiring time inputs, social capital has an...
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In a signalling model of conformity, we demonstrate that naïve observers, those that take actions at face value, constrain the set of actions that can possibly be social norms. With rational observers many actions can be norms, but with naïve observers only actions close to that preferred by...
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differences can, however, be explained by variables accounting for social capital and social environment, such as trust or …
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In a representative Swedish sample people were asked to judge the relative extent that different groups of people are considered trustworthy in several dimensions, including their political views and reading habits. A statistically significant effect of similarity on perceived trustworthiness...
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one common phenomenon. In this paper we focus on the importance of different kinds of trust. Whether or not people in … general are regarded as trustworthy only has a minor impact on perceived tax evasion. Instead, what matters is trust or …
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academic team, composed of Friedrich L. Sell and Martin Reidelhuber, worked on the theoretical basics of "trust" and "social … "trust" and "social capital" among the students who responded. Also, we could compare many of our results with the results …: Both interrogated groups apparently have more trust in abstract (governmental and non-governmental) institutions than in …
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that are new to the social capital literature, we identify social trust, social relationships, and social networks as …
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