Kocher, Martin, Peter Martinsson and Martine Visser. 2012. “Social capital, cooperative behavior and norm-enforcement.” Journal of Economic Behaviour and organization 81:2: 341-354.
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Studies have shown differences in cooperative behavior across countries and in the use of (and reaction to) a norm enforcement mechanism in cross-cultural studies.
The authors present data that prove that stark differences in both dimensions can exist even within the same town. They created a unique data set, based on one-shot public goods experiments in South Africa. Most of the group differences can be explained by variables for social capital and social environment, such as trust or household violence.
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Martinsson, Peter
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Visser, Martine
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Kocher, Martin
Authors
- EEU-Sweden
- South Africa
Center of origin
- Behavioral Experiments