Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/228352 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CeDEx Discussion Paper Series No. 2019-05
Publisher: 
The University of Nottingham, Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham
Abstract: 
This study shows that different belief concepts within the same religion can have different effects on distributive behaviour. A dictator game experiment measures the causal effects of the concepts of God and Jesus on both the prosociality of Christians and their propensity to discriminate against LGBTQ people. The concept of Jesus significantly raises the amounts Christians donate, but the concept of God does not. Christians are found, at borderline significance, to discriminate against LGBTQ people, but this discrimination is not significantly increased by the concepts of Jesus or God. Neither concept significantly affects the behaviour of a non-Christian sample.
Subjects: 
Christianity
Dictator Game
Pro-sociality
Discrimination
LGBTQ
JEL: 
D91
D64
J15
Z12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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