Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5058711 | Economics Letters | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
â¢We examine how a religious festival and religiosity affect cooperation.â¢Less religious subjects increased cooperation significantly outside the festival.â¢Results show a substitution effect between religious and non-religious activities.â¢Conditional cooperation is an important motivation for subjects.
This paper examines how a religious festival (Ramadan) and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and costly punishment in a public goods experiment. We find significantly higher cooperation levels outside the festival among less religious people. This behavior is consistent with a substitution effect between religious and non-religious activities.
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Authors
Alpaslan Akay, Gökhan Karabulut, Peter Martinsson,