Fractionalization and trust in India: A field-experiment

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2013
Volume: 119
Issue: 2
Pages: 191-194

Authors (3)

Chuah, Swee-Hoon (not in RePEc) Fahoum, Reema (not in RePEc) Hoffmann, Robert (RMIT University)

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

Is India’s high fractionalization associated with mistrust between its two main religious communities? An inter-ethnic trust game field experiment confirms intergroup bias in mutually lower offers between urban Muslims and Hindus in Mumbai. There are no differences in trustworthiness based on the religion of responders or of the co-players they respond to. Hindus generally have greater trust and expectations of others’ trust but also of ethnocentrism.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:119:y:2013:i:2:p:191-194
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25