Religious affiliations of Chinese people and prosocial behavior: evidence from field experiments
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Religious affiliation; Degree of religious devoutness; Prosocial behavior; Field experiment;All these keywords.
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- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
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