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What do lost wallets tell us about survey measures of social capital?
Tannenbaum, David; Cohn, Alain; Zünd, Christian Lukas; … - 2020
We validate survey measures of social capital with a new data set that examines whether citizens report a lost wallet to its owner. Using data from more than 17,000 lost wallets across 40 countries, we find that survey measures of social capital - especially questions concerning generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240022
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What do lost wallets tell us about survey measures of social capital?
Tannenbaum, David; Cohn, Alain; Zünd, Christian Lukas; … - 2020
We validate survey measures of social capital with a new data set that examines whether citizens report a lost wallet to its owner. Using data from more than 17,000 lost wallets across 40 countries, we find that survey measures of social capital - especially questions concerning generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252455
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How Does External Conflict Impact Social Trust? Evidence from the 9/11 Attacks as a Natural Experiment in the US
Shaleva, Anna - 2014
Social trust has enchanted social scientists due to its importance for both cooperation within societies and economic performance. This paper provides a novel empirical study of whether external conflict affects trust. The possible ways that conflict could be related to trust are theoretically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068503
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The causal effect of cultural identity on cooperation
Butler, Jeffrey; Fehr, Dietmar - 2021
The impact of culture on non-kin cooperation has been singled out as critical for economic activity. However, causal evidence of culture's influence on cooperation remains scant. In this paper we provide such evidence, focusing on two key components of culture: preferences and beliefs. Adopting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012508741
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What do cross-country surveys tell us about social capital?
Tannenbaum, David; Cohn, Alain; Zünd, Christian; … - 2020 - Revised version
We validate survey measures of social capital with a new behavioral data set that examines whether citizens report a lost wallet to its owner. Using data from more than 17,000 lost wallets across 40 countries, we find that survey measures of social capital - especially questions concerning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390078
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Political Corruption and Social Trust : An Experimental Approach
Rothstein, Bo; Eek, Daniel - 2014
The main question addressed in this paper is how the great variation in the level of social trust in different countries can be explained. Most empirical research on this question has been based on survey data which has limitations when it comes to capturing the causal mechanisms. Building on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014210289
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Measuring Mispricing in Experimental Asset Markets
Powell, Owen - 2015
Mispricing (the difference between prices and their underlying fundamental values) is an important characteristic of markets. The literature on the topic consists of many different measures. This state of affairs is unsatisfactory, since it is not clear to which extent results are sensitive to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032538
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Measuring Gender Attitudes Using List Experiments
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2020
We elicit adolescent girl's attitudes towards intimate partner violence and child marriage using purposefully collected data from rural Bangladesh. Alongside direct survey questions, we conduct list experiments to elicit true preferences for intimate partner violence and marriage before age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823862
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Intertemporal Choice Bracketing and the Measurement of Time Preferences
Alem, Yonas; Loeser, John; Mahajan, Aprajit - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The implications of commonly used money earlier or later (MEL) games for intertemporal behavior depend critically upon subjects' choice bracketing. If subjects bracket narrowly, responses reflect preferences independent of subjects' financial environment. Alternatively, if subjects bracket...
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A sociological perspective on measuring social norms by means of strategy method experiments
Rauhut, Heiko; Winter, Fabian - 2009
The measurement of social norms plays a pivotal role in many social sciences. While economists predominantly conduct …, on the one hand, often fall short in the measurement of more complex elements, such as the conditionality or the level of … observational data. -- Social norms ; measurement ; ultimatum game ; strategy method ; factorial surveys …
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