Trust and Religion: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh

Olof Johansson-Stenman (), Minhaj Mahmud and Peter Martinsson

No 167, Working Papers in Economics from University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: 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 in terms of fractions sent or returned, but the responses to the survey questions indicate significant differences: Hindus, the minority, trust other people less in general, and Hindus trust Muslims more than the other way around.

Keywords: social capital; trust; social distance; religion; trust game; field experiment; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2005-03-31
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Note: Published in Economica, 2009, Vol. 76, pp. 462-485.
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Published as Johansson-Stenman, Olof, Minhaj Mahmud and Peter Martinsson, 'Trust and Religion: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh' in Economica, 2009, pages 462-485.

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