Violence, trust, and trustworthiness: evidence from a Nairobi slum

C-Tier
Journal: Oxford Economic Papers
Year: 2014
Volume: 66
Issue: 1
Pages: 283-305

Authors (3)

Leonardo Becchetti (Università degli Studi di Roma...) Pierluigi Conzo (not in RePEc) Alessandro Romeo (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We test with a field experiment in a Nairobi slum whether violence suffered during the 2007 political outbreaks affects trustworthiness when interethnicity becomes salient and participants face opportunism in common pool resource games (CPRGs) between two subsequent trust games (TGs). Our findings do not contradict previous one-shot results but qualify and extend them to a multi-period setting, enriching our understanding of the effects of violence on social preferences. More specifically, the victimized exhibit higher trustworthiness in the first trust game but also a significantly stronger trustworthiness reduction after experiencing opportunism and interethnicity in the CPRG game. Copyright 2014 Oxford University Press 2013 All rights reserved, Oxford University Press.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:oxecpp:v:66:y:2014:i:1:p:283-305
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24