Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51486 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 635
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, Washington, DC
Abstract: 
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.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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