Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Benjamin, Daniel J.
• Choi, James J.
• Fisher, Geoffrey

Titel

RELIGIOUS IDENTITY AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR

Ist Teil von

• The review of economics and statistics, 2016-10, Vol.98 (4), p.617-637

Ort / Verlag

United States: The MIT Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We find using laboratory experiments that primes that make religion salient cause subjects to identify more with their religion and affect their economic choices. The effect on choices varies by religion. For example, priming causes Protestants to increase contributions to public goods, whereas Catholics decrease contributions to public goods, expect others to contribute less to public goods, and become less risk averse. A simple model implies that priming effects reveal the sign of the marginal impact of religious norms on preferences. We find no evidence of religious priming effects on disutility of work effort, discount rates, or dictator game generosity.