Can the Culture of Honor Lead to Inefficient Conventions? : Experimental Evidence from India
Experiments in the United States have found that pairs of individuals are generally able to form socially efficient conventions in coordination games of common interest in a remarkably short time. This paper shows that this ability is not universal...
Main Authors: | Brooks, Benjamin, Hoff, Karla, Pandey, Priyanka |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26799629/can-culture-honor-lead-inefficient-conventions-experimental-evidence-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25145 |
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