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The effect of social conformity on interpersonal trust

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  • Shaleva, Anna E.

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Social conformity pervades in societies by affecting a wide variety of attitudes and opinions. In this paper, I study whether social conformity affects interpersonal trust attitudes. The empirical approach isolates a variable for common ethnic trust which is a characteristic of the ethnic social community. Under possible social pressure, individual trust attitudes are shaped by the community trust. In other words, social conformity accounts for a significant change in individual’s probability of trust. This effect is causal as evidenced by an IV estimation.

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  • Shaleva, Anna E., 2019. "The effect of social conformity on interpersonal trust," Review of Behavioral Economics, now publishers, vol. 6(4), pages 387–400-3, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:jnlrbe:105.00000111
    DOI: 10.1561/105.00000111
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    • H8 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues
    • P50 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - General
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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