This paper investigates how Confucianism affects individual decision making in Taiwan and in China. We found that … loving, less loss averse, and more impatient after being primed with Confucianism, whereas Taiwanese subjects became … significantly less present-based and were inclined to be more trustworthy after being primed by Confucianism. Combining the evidence …

on two social norms associated with Confucianism: the unequal gender division of childcare within a household and the …

influenced by traditional Chinese culture; on the other hand, it is promoted by the new institutional economics which has …