Trust, trust games and stated trust: Evidence from rural Bangladesh

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

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, vol. 95, issue C, 286-298

Abstract: Levels of trust are measured by asking standard survey questions on trust and by observing behavior in a trust game using a random sample in rural Bangladesh. Follow-up questions and correlations between stated expectations and the amount sent in the trust game reveal that the amount sent is correlated with a general measure of trust. The trust and need motives combined with expectations explains differences in amounts sent, and this highlights the potential importance of motives that cannot be inferred directly from people's behavior and expectations alone.

Keywords: Trust; Trust game; Social capital; Motivations; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Working Paper: Trust, Trust Games and Stated Trust: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh (2006)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.06.022

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