Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19121 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1657
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Trust games are employed to investigate the effect of heterogeneity in income and race on cooperation in South Africa. The amount of socio-economic information available to the subjects about their counterparts is varied. No significant behavioural differences are observed, when no such information is provided. However, when the information is available, it significantly affects individual trust behaviour. The low income subjects from both racial groups invest significantly less in partnerships with the high income subjects of the other racial group than in any other partnership. We attribute this behaviour to cross-racial envy, which on aggregate may lead to substantial underinvestment in the economy.
Subjects: 
trust game
ethnic diversity
income inequality
cooperation
JEL: 
J15
C91
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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