Trust, trustworthiness and cooperation: Social capital and community resource management
Bouma,J.A. Bulte,E.H. van Soest,D.P.
Bouma,J.A.
Bulte,E.H.
van Soest,D.P.
Abstract
Social capital is one of the main determinants of community resource management success. We use the (average) amount sent in a trust game as a measure of social capital in five rural villages in India. Combining these experimental data with household surveys we analyze: (i) how the amount sent is correlated with socio-cultural community characteristics, (ii) how social capital affects community resource management, and (iii) to what extent experimental play is consistent with real on-farm behavior in terms of providing a semi-public good. The results are interesting from a policy perspective, and provide insight into (bridging) the gap between lab experiments and the field.
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2008
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Research Projects
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SDG 15 - Life on Land
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Bouma, J A, Bulte, E H & van Soest, D P 2008, 'Trust, trustworthiness and cooperation : Social capital and community resource management', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 155-166.
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