Universität zu Köln

Bigoni, Maria ORCID: 0000-0001-5988-6115, Bortolotti, Stefania ORCID: 0000-0002-8326-5447, Casari, Marco, Gambetta, Diego and Pancotto, Francesca (2016). Amoral Familism, Social Capital, or Trust? The Behavioural Foundations of the Italian North-South Divide. Econ. J., 126 (594). S. 1318 - 1342. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1468-0297

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Abstract

We present the first laboratory-in-the field experiment on the Italian North-South divide. Using a representative sample of the population, we measure whether regional disparities in ability to cooperate emerge even if differences in geography, institutions and criminal intrusion are silenced. We report that a behavioural gap in cooperation exists: Northern and Southern citizens react differently to the same incentives. Moreover, this gap cannot be accounted for by tolerance for risk, proxies of social capital and amoral familism'. At least a share of North-South disparities is likely to derive from persistent differences in social norms.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Bigoni, Maria UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5988-6115 UNSPECIFIED Bortolotti, Stefania UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8326-5447 UNSPECIFIED Casari, Marco UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gambetta, Diego UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pancotto, Francesca UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-268765
DOI:	10.1111/ecoj.12292
Journal or Publication Title:	Econ. J.
Volume:	126
Number:	594
Page Range:	S. 1318 - 1342
Date:	2016
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1468-0297
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language COOPERATION; PUNISHMENT; RISK; COMPETITION; SOCIETIES; FAIRNESS; BETRAYAL Multiple languages Economics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/26876