Cooperation and punishment: The effect of religiosity and religious festival

akay A., Karabulut G., MARTİNSSON P.

ECONOMICS LETTERS, cilt.130, ss.43-46, 2015 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 130
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.01.018
  • Dergi Adı: ECONOMICS LETTERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.43-46
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.