Are religious individuals more generous, trusting, and cooperative? An experimental test of the effect of religion on prosociality

Brian Paciotti; Peter Richerson; Billy Baum; Mark Lubell; Tim Waring; Richard McElreath; Charles Efferson; Ed Edsten

doi:10.1108/S0190-1281(2011)0000031014

Are religious individuals more generous, trusting, and cooperative? An experimental test of the effect of religion on prosociality

Brian Paciotti, Peter Richerson, Billy Baum, Mark Lubell, Tim Waring, Richard McElreath, Charles Efferson, Ed Edsten

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Economics of Religion: Anthropological Approaches
Pages	267-305
Number of pages	39
Volume	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/S0190-1281(2011)0000031014
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Name	Research in Economic Anthropology
Volume	31
ISSN (Print)	01901281

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Paciotti, B., Richerson, P., Baum, B., Lubell, M., Waring, T., McElreath, R., Efferson, C., & Edsten, E. (2011). Are religious individuals more generous, trusting, and cooperative? An experimental test of the effect of religion on prosociality. In The Economics of Religion: Anthropological Approaches (Vol. 31, pp. 267-305). (Research in Economic Anthropology; Vol. 31). https://doi.org/10.1108/S0190-1281(2011)0000031014

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Are religious individuals more generous, trusting, and cooperative? An experimental test of the effect of religion on prosociality. / Paciotti, Brian; Richerson, Peter; Baum, Billy et al.
The Economics of Religion: Anthropological Approaches. Vol. 31 2011. p. 267-305 (Research in Economic Anthropology; Vol. 31).

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