Did the Devil Make Them Do It? The Effects of Religion and Religiosity in Public Goods and Trust Games

Jeffrey Milyo, Jennifer M. Mellor () and Lisa R. Anderson

No 512, Working Papers from Department of Economics, University of Missouri

Abstract: We test whether religious affiliation and participation in religious services are associated with behavior in public goods and trust games. Overall, religious affiliation is unrelated to individual behavior. However, we find some weak evidence that among subjects attending religious services, increased participation is associated with behavior in both public goods and trust games.

Keywords: Public goods; experiments; religion; and trust (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C9 H4 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written 2005-08-25
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