Inter-ethnic trust and reciprocity: results of an experiment with small businessmen |
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| Authors: | Jan Bouckaert Geert Dhaene |
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| Affiliation: | a Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, B-2000, Antwerp, Belgium;b Department of Financial Economics, Ghent University, W. Wilsonplein 5D, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium;c Department of Economics, Catholic University of Leuven, Naamsestraat 69, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium |
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We investigate inter-ethnic trust and reciprocity by having subjects from distinct ethnic origins play the trust game [Games Econom. Behav. 10 (1995) 122]. The participants in the experiment are male small businessmen of Turkish or Belgian ethnic origin, all of whom have a business in the same city (Ghent, Belgium). Our main finding is that the average levels of trust and reciprocity are independent of ethnic origin and, moreover, independent of the ethnic origin of the opposite party. |
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| Keywords: | Ethnic discrimination Experimental economics Trust game |
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