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To What Extent do Latin Americans Trust and Cooperate?: Field Experiments on Social Exclusion In Six Latin American Countries

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  • Cárdenas, Juan Camilo
  • Chong, Alberto E.
  • Ñopo, Hugo R.

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This paper explores the extent to which individuals trust, reciprocate, cooperate and pool risk by using a battery of field experiments containing the trust game, the voluntary contributions mechanism and the risk pooling game; applied in six capital cities in Latin America. The results suggest that: (i) on average, the propensity to trust and cooperate among Latin Americans is remarkably similar to that found in other regions of the world; (ii) expectations about the behavior of other players are the main driver of trust, reciprocity and cooperation; and (iii) behaviors involving socialization, trust and cooperation are closely interconnected.

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  • Cárdenas, Juan Camilo & Chong, Alberto E. & Ñopo, Hugo R., 2008. "To What Extent do Latin Americans Trust and Cooperate?: Field Experiments on Social Exclusion In Six Latin American Countries," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1616, Inter-American Development Bank.
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