Discussion Papers
What Sort of People Vote Expressively?
Alvin Etang, David Fielding and Stephen
Knowles
Economics Discussion Paper No. 1101
Abstract
Using a survey and an experiment, we identify the personal characteristics
associated with the difference between an individual’s giving
to charity and her vote in a referendum on charitable giving. Under
certain circumstances, high levels of self-reported trust and happiness,
and participation in social group activities, are associated with
expressive voting for high levels of charitable giving. However,
the sequencing of the experiments is of crucial importance. The
‘warm glow’ of expressive voting can influence subsequent
individual decisions, and the 'cold
shower' of individual selfishness can influence subsequent collective
decisions.
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Are Survey measures of Trust Correlated
with Experimental Trust?
Empirical Evidence from Cameroon
Alvin Etang, David Fielding and Stephen
Knowles
Economics Discussion Paper No. 1016
Abstract
We analyze the correlation between survey-based measures of trust
and behavior in the Trust
Game in two villages in Cameroon. Some participants play the Trust
Game with people from their own village, and others with people
from a neighboring village. The survey that the participants complete
includes questions about trust and social distance that reflect
the experimental treatment. Some measures of survey-based trust
are correlated with xperimental trust, but the level of correlation
is not uniform.
Key words: Trust Game, social capital, surveys
JEL codes: Z13, C93, O12
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