The oath has been shown to improve behavior toward social objectives. The working hypothesis is that individuals under oath behave according to a fixed social preference. We examine whether an oath impacts behavior in the simultaneous and sequential versions of the prisoners’ dilemma and...

This paper provides evidence of matching frictions in the Indian labor market. Using several methods to elicit genuine preferences of job-seekers over jobs, we show that: (a) there is substantial variation in job-seekers’ preferences over the same jobs and (b) placement officers, responsible...

This paper studies the implications of agents signaling their moral type in a lying game. In the theoretical analysis, a signaling motive emerges where agents dislike being suspected of lying and where some lies are more stigmatized than others. The equilibrium prediction of the model can...

Globalization is defined as an individual’s connectivity in global networks. Social identity is conceptualized as attachment and identification with a group. We use questionnaire items to measure individual involvement with global networks along with local, national, and global social...