The differential effects of Jesus and God on distributive behaviour
This study shows that different belief concepts within the same religion can have different effects on distributive behaviour. A dictator game experiment measures the causal effects of the concepts of God and Jesus on both the pro-sociality of Christians and their propensity to discriminate against...
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| description | This study shows that different belief concepts within the same religion can have different effects on distributive behaviour. A dictator game experiment measures the causal effects of the concepts of God and Jesus on both the pro-sociality of Christians and their propensity to discriminate against LGBTQ people. The concept of Jesus significantly raises the amounts Christians donate, but the concept of God does not. Christians are found, at borderline significance, to discriminate against LGBTQ people, but this discrimination is not significantly increased by the concepts of Jesus or God. Neither concept significantly affects the behaviour of a non-Christian sample. |
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| spelling | nottingham-571372021-06-01T07:52:22Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/57137/ The differential effects of Jesus and God on distributive behaviour Lane, Tom This study shows that different belief concepts within the same religion can have different effects on distributive behaviour. A dictator game experiment measures the causal effects of the concepts of God and Jesus on both the pro-sociality of Christians and their propensity to discriminate against LGBTQ people. The concept of Jesus significantly raises the amounts Christians donate, but the concept of God does not. Christians are found, at borderline significance, to discriminate against LGBTQ people, but this discrimination is not significantly increased by the concepts of Jesus or God. Neither concept significantly affects the behaviour of a non-Christian sample. University of Nottingham 2019-07-18 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/57137/1/Economics%20Working%20Paper%20Series-Behavioural%20and%20Experimental%20Economics-B8.pdf Lane, Tom (2019) The differential effects of Jesus and God on distributive behaviour. Working Paper. University of Nottingham. (Unpublished) Christianity; Dictator Game; Pro-sociality; Discrimination; LGBTQ |
| spellingShingle | Christianity; Dictator Game; Pro-sociality; Discrimination; LGBTQ Lane, Tom The differential effects of Jesus and God on distributive behaviour |
| title | The differential effects of Jesus and God on distributive behaviour |
| title_full | The differential effects of Jesus and God on distributive behaviour |
| title_fullStr | The differential effects of Jesus and God on distributive behaviour |
| title_full_unstemmed | The differential effects of Jesus and God on distributive behaviour |
| title_short | The differential effects of Jesus and God on distributive behaviour |
| title_sort | differential effects of jesus and god on distributive behaviour |
| topic | Christianity; Dictator Game; Pro-sociality; Discrimination; LGBTQ |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/57137/ |