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Religion and prosocial behaviour: a field test

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  • Philip Grossman
  • Matthew Parrett

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Religious people are thought to be more prosocial than nonreligious people. Laboratory studies of this using ultimatum, dictator, public goods and trust games have produced mixed results, which could be due to lack of context. This article examines the relationship between religion and prosocial behaviour using data from a context-rich, naturally occurring field experiment that closely resembles the dictator game - tipping in restaurants. Customers were surveyed as they left a set of restaurants in Richmond, Virginia, in the summers of 2002 and 2003. Our findings reveal no evidence of religious prosociality.

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  • Philip Grossman & Matthew Parrett, 2011. "Religion and prosocial behaviour: a field test," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(6), pages 523-526.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:18:y:2011:i:6:p:523-526
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851003761798
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    1. Ashley Harrell, 2012. "Do religious cognitions promote prosociality?," Rationality and Society, , vol. 24(4), pages 463-482, November.
    2. Maryam Dilmaghani, 2018. "Which is greener: secularity or religiosity? Environmental philanthropy along religiosity spectrum," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 20(2), pages 477-502, April.
    3. Sara E. Helms & Brian L. Scott & Jeremy P. Thornton, 2012. "Choosing to give more: experimental evidence on restricted gifts and charitable behaviour," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(8), pages 745-748, May.
    4. Feldhaus, Christoph & Gleue, Marvin & Löschel, Andreas, 2022. "Can a Catholic institution promote sustainable behavior? Field experimental evidence on donations for climate protection," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 98(C).

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