Are Survey measures of Trust Correlated with Experimental Trust? Empirical Evidence from Cameroon

Knowles, Stephen; Fielding, David; Etang, Alvin

Are Survey measures of Trust Correlated with Experimental Trust? Empirical Evidence from Cameroon

Etang, Alvin; Fielding, David; Knowles, Stephen

Cite this item: Etang, A., Fielding, D., & Knowles, S. (2010). Are Survey measures of Trust Correlated with Experimental Trust? Empirical Evidence from Cameroon (Economics Discussion Papers Series No. 1016). Department of Economics, University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1118

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Date: 2010-11-01

Publisher: Department of Economics, University of Otago

Pages: 12

Series: Economics Discussion Papers Series

Series number: 1016

Keywords: Trust Game; social capital; surveys

Research Type: Discussion Paper

Abstract:

We analyze the correlation between survey-based measures of trust and behavior in the Trust Game in two villages in Cameroon. Some participants play the Trust Game with people from their own village, and others with people from a neighboring village. The survey that the participants complete includes questions about trust and social distance that reflect the experimental treatment. Some measures of survey-based trust are correlated with experimental trust, but the level of correlation is not uniform.

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