Replication data for: Using Experimental Economics to Measure Social Capital and Predict Financial Decisions
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Project Citation:
Karlan, Dean S. Replication data for: Using Experimental Economics to Measure Social Capital and Predict Financial Decisions. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2005. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116073V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Questions remain as to whether results from experimental economics are generalizable to real decisions in nonlaboratory settings. Furthermore, questions persist about whether social capital helps mitigate information asymmetries in credit markets. I examine whether behavior in two laboratory games, Trust and a Public Goods, predicts loan repayments to a Peruvian group-lending microfinance program. Since this program relies on social capital to enforce repayment, this tests the external validity of the games. Individuals identified as "trustworthy" by the Trust Game are indeed less likely to default on their loans. No similar support is found for the game's identification of "trusting" individuals.
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JEL Classification:
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O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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