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How Much Should We Trust the World Values Survey Trust Question?


Noel D. Johnson


George Mason University - Department of Economics; George Mason University - Mercatus Center

Alexandra Mislin


American University - Kogod School of Business
October 2, 2011

Economics Letters, Vol. 116, No. 2, 2012
GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-44

Abstract:     
We use a unique data set of trust game replications in order to validate the commonly used “trust” question from the World Values Survey. We find that trust as measured by the World Values Survey is positively correlated with experimentally measured trust and unrelated to experimentally measured trustworthiness.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 10

Keywords: Trust, Trust Game, World Values Survey, Cross-Cultural Experiments

JEL Classification: C91, Z10, C83

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Date posted: October 3, 2011 ; Last revised: September 4, 2012

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Johnson, Noel D. and Mislin, Alexandra, How Much Should We Trust the World Values Survey Trust Question? (October 2, 2011). Economics Letters, Vol. 116, No. 2, 2012; GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-44. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1937309 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1937309

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Noel D. Johnson (Contact Author)
George Mason University - Department of Economics ( email )
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
United States
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
3401 N. Fairfax Dr.
Ste. 450
Arlington, VA 22201-4433
United States
Alexandra Mislin
American University - Kogod School of Business ( email )
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20816-8044
United States
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