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Trust Thy Neighbour?: Evidence from Partition in India
Video Or click here to watch the video in another browser tab.  About the Event What long run factors affect generalized trust? A growing economics literature suggests trust is positively correlated with economic outcomes. Although individual factors influence trust, broader cultural factors play a bigger ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2020/bhattacharya-trust-thy-neighbour-evidence-from-partition-in-india
On the Origins and Persistence of Parochial Altruism: A Tenure Institution and Intergroup Conflicts in Colonial India
This paper examines historical origins and persistence of parochial altruism by exploiting natural experiments during the early modern and the colonial period (1801-1932) of South India. Theory suggests that parochial altruism composed of in-group favoritism and out-group hostility can be nurtured by repeated exposure ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2020/goto-parochial-altruism-tenure-institution-intergroup-conflicts-colonial-india
Delivery Agents, Social Ties and Group Identity: Theory and Evidence from a Two-Layered Field Experiment
Event Summary In his Academic Seminar, Imran Rasul, Professor of Economics at University College London, presented research on the role of delivery agents in the delivery of poverty alleviation programs. The study looks at determinants of delivery agents’ behavior as being their social ties to potential ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2017/delivery-agents-social-ties-and-group-identity-imran-rasul
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