How much should we trust the World Values Survey trust question?

Noel Johnson () and Alexandra Mislin

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 116, issue 2, 210-212

Abstract: We use a unique data set of trust game replications to validate the commonly used “trust” question from the World Values Survey. We find that trust as measured by the World Values Survey is positively correlated with experimentally measured trust.

Keywords: Trust; Trust game; World values survey; Cross-cultural experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C83 C91 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.02.010

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