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Do Liberals Play Nice? The Effects of Party and Political Ideology in Public Goods and Trust Games

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Jeffrey Milyo () (Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia)
Jennifer M. Mellor
Lisa Anderson

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We test the conventional wisdom that political ideology is associated with generosity or compassion by comparing the behavior of experimental subjects in public goods or trust games. We find that self-described liberals and those identifying more closely with the Democrat party are just as likely to free-ride as conservatives or Republican-leaners; likewise, political ideology is unrelated to observed trusting behavior or trustworthiness in a bilateral trust game.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Missouri in its series Working Papers with number 0417.

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Date of creation: 27 Dec 2004
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Publication status: published in Advances in Applied Microeconomics: Experimental and Behavioral Economics. John Morgan, Editor. (JAI Press: Stamford, Connecticut)
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Keywords: Political Party; Free Rider;

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D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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