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. The paper reports the results of a field experiment in India in which pairs of men from high and low castes repeatedly played a coordination game of common interest. Low-caste pairs overwhelmingly coordinated...
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2016/09/20
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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WPS7829
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1
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2016/09/20
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Disclosed
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Can the culture of honor lead to inefficient conventions ? experimental evidence from India
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Macroeconomics and Growth