Social Background, Cooperative Behavior, and Norm Enforcement

Martin Kocher, Peter Martinsson and Martine Visser

No 385, Working Papers in Economics from University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: Studies have shown that there are differences in cooperative behavior across countries. Furthermore, differences in the use and the reaction on the introduction of a norm enforcement mechansism have been documented in cross-cultural studies, recently. We present data which prove that stark differences in both dimensions can exist even within the same town. For this end, a unique data set was created, based on public goods experiments conducted in South Africa. Most of the group differences can, however, be explained by variables accounting for social capital and social environment, such as trust or household violence.

Keywords: Cooperation; public goods; punishment; experiment; social capital; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 C91 H41 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2009-10-19
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr, nep-cbe, nep-evo, nep-exp, nep-gth, nep-ltv, nep-pbe and nep-soc
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Published as Kocher, Martin, Peter Martinsson and Martine Visser, 'Social Background, Cooperative Behavior, and Norm Enforcement' in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, pages 341-354.

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