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- Title
Trust and Religion: Experimental Evidence from Rural Bangladesh.
- Authors
JOHANSSON-STENMAN, OLOF; MAHMUD, MINHAJ; MARTINSSON, PETER
- Abstract
Trust is measured using both survey questions and a trust experiment among a random sample of Muslim and Hindu household heads in rural Bangladesh. We found no significant effect of the social distance between Hindus and Muslims in the trust experiment in terms of the proportions sent or returned. However, the survey responses do indicate significant differences. Both Hindus and Muslims were found to trust others from their own religion more than they trust people from other religions. Moreover, Hindus, the minority, trust other people less in general, and Hindus trust Muslims more than Muslims trust Hindus.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; TRUST; SOCIAL distance; HINDU-Muslim relations; ECONOMIC development &; religion; RELIGION
- Publication
Economica, 2009, Vol 76, Issue 303, p462
- ISSN
0013-0427
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00689.x