Trust and Religion: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
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- Olof Johansson Stenman & Minhaj Mahmud & Peter Martinsson, 2006. "Trust and Religion: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh," Keele Economics Research Papers KERP 2006/10, Centre for Economic Research, Keele University.
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Keywords
social capital; trust; social distance; religion; trust game; field experiment; Bangladesh;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EVO-2005-04-03 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2005-04-03 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2005-04-03 (Game Theory)
- NEP-LTV-2005-04-03 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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