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Stereotypes and Madrassas : Experimental Evidence from Pakistan

Delavande, Adeline - 2013

level of trust among all groups. Third, within each institution group, we fail to find evidence of in-group bias or … systematic out-group bias either in trust or tastes. Fourth, we find that students from certain backgrounds under-estimate the …

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Stereotypes and madrassas : experimental evidence from Pakistan

Delavande, Adeline; Zafar, Basit - 2011

religious seminaries. -- trust ; group identity ; religious seminaries ; unconditional other-regarding behavior ; expectations … find a high level of trust among all groups, with students enrolled at Madrassas being the most trusting and exhibiting the … or systematic out-group bias either in trust or tastes. These findings cast doubt on the general perception that …

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The coordination value of monetary exchange : experimental evidence

Camera, Gabriele; Casari, Marco - 2011

Under what conditions can cooperation be sustained in a network of strangers? Here we study the role of institutions and uncover a new behavioral foundation for the use of monetary systems. In an experiment, anonymous subjects could cooperate or defect in bilateral random encounters. This...

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Truth by consensus : a theoretical and empirical investigation

Camera, Gabriele; Garratt, Rod; Monnet, Cyril - 2024

Truthful reporting about the realization of a publicly observed event cannot be guaranteed by a consensus process. This fact, which we establish theoretically and verify empirically, holds true even if some individuals are compelled to tell the truth, regardless of economic incentives. We...

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Truth by consensus : a theoretical and empirical investigation

Camera, Gabriele; Garratt, Rod; Monnet, Cyril - 2024

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Muslims in France : Identifying a Discriminatory Equilibrium

Adida, Claire L. - 2012

We analyze the assimilation patterns of Muslim immigrants in Western countries with a unique identification strategy. Survey and experimental data collected in France in 2009 reveal that Muslims and rooted French are locked in a sub-optimal equilibrium whereby (i) rooted French exhibit...

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Gender, Economic Development and Islam : A Perspective from France

Adida, Claire L. - 2012

Muslims do less well on the French labor market than their non Muslim counterparts. One explanation for this relative failure can be characterized by the following syllogism: (1) the empowerment of women is a sine qua non for economic progress; (2) in-group norms among Muslims do not empower...

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Muslims in France : identifying a discriminatory equilibrium

Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2012

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'One Muslim is Enough!' - Evidence from a Field Experiment in France

Adida, Claire L. - 2011

Anti-Muslim prejudice is widespread in Western countries. Yet, Muslims are expected to constitute a growing share of the total population in Western countries over the next decades. This paper predicts that this demographic trend will increase anti-Muslim prejudice. Relying on experimental games...

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The Effect of Religious Prohibitions on Economic Behavior

Linardi, Sera - 2019

We conducted a multi-country experiment on whether a reminder of the Islamic prohibition on interest induces lenders to choose Profit-Loss Sharing arrangements (PLS) as an alternative. We find that 1) Muslims are more likely to choose PLS than non-Muslims; 2) they do so when interest rates are...

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