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Do Liberals Play Nice? The Effects of Party and Political Ideology in Public Goods and Trust Games
Experimental and Behavorial Economics (2005)
  • Jennifer M Mellor, The College of William and Mary
  • Lisa R Anderson, College of William and Mary
  • Jeffrey Milyo
Abstract

We test whether party affiliation or ideological leanings influence subjects' behavior in public goods experiments and trust games. In general, party is unrelated to behavior, and ideology is not related to contributions in the public goods experiment. However, there is some evidence that self-described liberals are both more trusting and more trustworthy.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2005
Editor
John Morgan
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, JAI Press
Series
Advances in Applied Microeconomics
ISBN
978-0-7623-1194-1
Citation Information
Jennifer M Mellor, Lisa R Anderson and Jeffrey Milyo. "Do Liberals Play Nice? The Effects of Party and Political Ideology in Public Goods and Trust Games" OxfordExperimental and Behavorial Economics Vol. 13 (2005) p. 107 - 131
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer-mellor/2/