Trust and Cooperation at a Confluence of Worlds: An Experiment in Xinjiang, China

Zhang, Zhe; Putterman, Louis; Zhang, Xu

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“…Bonein and Serra, 2009;Buchan et al, 2008), and ethnicity (e.g. Zhang et al, 2019) to affect trust and trustworthiness perceptions. In addition, in their meta-analysis, Colquitt et al (2007) found that trust propensity predicts trustworthiness judgments.…”

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The (mostly) robust influence of initial trustworthiness beliefs on subsequent behaviors and perceptions

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Do initial trustworthiness beliefs only have a short-term, temporary effect on one’s behavior and perceptions? Or might these initial beliefs have a lasting, robust effect that persists over time and in subsequent interactions? Trust development theories do not provide a consistent answer. Some research predicts the initial trustworthiness belief will be fleeting, whereas other research suggests it will have a more lasting role. We reconcile these different predictions by drawing on accessibility theory, and by conducting a longitudinal field study and two experimental studies. Our research tests the impact of initial trustworthiness beliefs on behaviors and perceptions following an exchange in which the trustworthiness of a counterpart plays a critical role. The studies confirm that initial trustworthiness beliefs continue to affect perceivers’ behaviors and perceptions in a subsequent exchange, even after a trust violation. However, following a two-week delay between interactions, the relationship becomes more complex. Our findings contribute to the trust literature by demonstrating the mostly robust nature of initial trustworthiness beliefs and explaining why and how these beliefs motivate future perceptions and behaviors.

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“…Zhang et al (2013) investigate the implicit trust and discrimination between Uyghur Chinese and Han Chinese, reporting suggestive evidence that both Uyghur and Han Chinese have strong in-group trust and out-group distrust. Zhang et al (2019) also investigate the interactions between Uyghur and Han Chinese, finding that Uyghur and Han Chinese differ in their willingness to cooperate relative to their willingness to trust. Their findings are consistent with ours in that the interactions between Chinese Muslims and Han Chinese demonstrate clear in-group favoritism.…”

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Analytical thinking, prosocial voting, and intergroup competition: experimental evidence from China

Morton

Qin

2020

Public Choice

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We investigate whether and how analytical thinking affects Muslims' prosocial voting towards in-group (fellow Muslims) and out-group (Han Chinese) members. We conduct an incentivized laboratory-style voting experiment in western China, where tension and competition exist between the two ethnic groups. We find a significant negative effect of analytical thinking on prosocial voting in general. We also find that the effect of analytical thinking is related to group identity: A strong and significant negative effect is found on behavior towards out-group members, but a small and generally insignificant effect towards in-group members. Our results are consistent with group competition affecting the benefits and costs of prosocial voting, and those benefits and costs become more salient when engaging in analytical thinking.

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Trust and cooperation at a confluence of worlds: An experiment in Xinjiang, China

Zhang

Putterman

2019

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. AbstractWe study trust and willingness to cooperate among and between Uyghur and Han college students in Xinjiang, China, where tensions exist between the two ethnic groups. We conduct an incentivized laboratory-style decision-making experiment in which within and between group interactions occur among identifiable participants without traceability of individual decisions. We find that members of each ethnicity show favoritism towards those of their own ethnicity in both trust and cooperation and that communication enhances interethnic cooperation significantly. We also find that Uyghur and Han subjects behave differently in their willingness to cooperate relative to trust, although both trust and trustworthiness positively correlate with willingness to cooperate on the individual level.

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Trust and Cooperation at a Confluence of Worlds: An Experiment in Xinjiang, China

Cited by 4 publications

References 47 publications

The (mostly) robust influence of initial trustworthiness beliefs on subsequent behaviors and perceptions

The (mostly) robust influence of initial trustworthiness beliefs on subsequent behaviors and perceptions

Analytical thinking, prosocial voting, and intergroup competition: experimental evidence from China

Trust and cooperation at a confluence of worlds: An experiment in Xinjiang, China

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