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A stream of research examining the effect of punishment on conformity indicates that punishment can backfire and lead to suboptimal social outcomes. We examine whether this effect is due to a lack of perceived legitimacy of rule enforcement, enabling agents to justify selfish behavior. We...
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study the implications of this for trust and trustworthiness. Trustworthy individuals are more \optimistic" than …
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We construct a simple three person trust game with one trustor and two trustees. The trustor has the possibility to … either trust both trustees or none, while the trustees make their decisions either sequentially or simultaneously, depending …
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proximity in Northern Uganda. By conducting trust and dictator games in the field, we test if there are in-group preferences or … parochialism regarding trust, trustworthiness and altruism and whether parochial tendencies change with remoteness. We find that … refugees show out-group preferences for reciprocating trust and altruism with increasing remoteness from district headquarters …
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study the implications of this for trust and trustworthiness. Trustworthy individuals are more \optimistic" than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010194809
A stream of research examining the effect of punishment on conformity indicates that punishment can backfire and lead to suboptimal social outcomes. We examine whether this effect is due to a lack of perceived legitimacy of rule enforcement, enabling agents to justify selfish behavior. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270568
proximity in Northern Uganda. By conducting trust and dictator games in the field, we test if there are in-group preferences or … parochialism regarding trust, trustworthiness and altruism and whether parochial tendencies change with remoteness. We find that … refugees show out-group preferences for reciprocating trust and altruism with increasing remoteness from district headquarters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012163811
are characterized by higher levels of trust, and, more generally, of cooperation. Here we study a classic case of within … behavior of a sample of the general population toward trust and contributions to the common good. We find that trust and …
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It is now well accepted that trust is crucial for economic and social development. There is also evidence that religion … Bangladesh) exhibit positive in-group bias in trust behavior, while individuals belonging to the majority group in both countries …
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are characterized by higher levels of trust, and, more generally, of cooperation. Here we study a classic case of within … behavior of a sample of the general population toward trust and contributions to the common good. We find that trust and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905862