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The viewpoint that sacred religious texts related to prosocial values may facilitate prosocial tendencies has many proponents. However, many sacred texts addressing fundamental doctrines are unrelated to prosocial values. In this study, the Muslims participating in the trust game learned texts excerpted from the Quran and the Hadith. These texts focus only on glorifying Allah and are unrelated to prosocial morality. This property of the sample allowed us to examine whether sacred texts of this kind could facilitate Muslims’ trust and trustworthiness. The results revealed that: (1) although the Muslims showed trust and trustworthiness to others, learning sacred texts glorifying Allah had no effect on either of these characteristics; and (2) unconditional kindness and reciprocity could explain trust and trustworthiness, but learning texts of this kind could not facilitate these prosocial tendencies by affecting their function. The results of this study could contribute to a more complete understanding of how sacred texts may affect prosociality.
Xunzhou Ma; Zhen-Xing Wu. Do sacred texts glorifying Allah facilitate Muslims’ trust and trustworthiness? Evidence from field experiments in China. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 2019, 83, 101466 .
AMA StyleXunzhou Ma, Zhen-Xing Wu. Do sacred texts glorifying Allah facilitate Muslims’ trust and trustworthiness? Evidence from field experiments in China. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 2019; 83 ():101466.
Chicago/Turabian StyleXunzhou Ma; Zhen-Xing Wu. 2019. "Do sacred texts glorifying Allah facilitate Muslims’ trust and trustworthiness? Evidence from field experiments in China." Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 83, no. : 101466.
Water is a basic necessity and its allocation and utilization, especially pricing policies, impose various social, economic, and ecological impacts on social groups. Increasing block tariffs (IBTs) has gained popularity because it is expected to incentivize water conservation while protecting poor people benefiting from the redistribution effects because of its nonlinear tariff structure. However, it results in price distortion under certain circumstances. Researchers have also proposed an alternative practical price system and a uniform tariff with rebate (UTR), with the price level set equal to the marginal social cost and a fixed rebate allocated to the poor groups. This study proceeds with a simulation of the two pricing systems, UTR and IBTs, and empirically explores their fundamental merits and limitations. The results confirm the theoretical perspective that a water price system, compared with an optimal tariff system, simultaneously achieves multiple goals to the greatest possible extent.
Xunzhou Ma; Dan Wu; Shiqiu Zhang. Multiple Goals Dilemma of Residential Water Pricing Policy Reform: Increasing Block Tariffs or a Uniform Tariff with Rebate? Sustainability 2018, 10, 3526 .
AMA StyleXunzhou Ma, Dan Wu, Shiqiu Zhang. Multiple Goals Dilemma of Residential Water Pricing Policy Reform: Increasing Block Tariffs or a Uniform Tariff with Rebate? Sustainability. 2018; 10 (10):3526.
Chicago/Turabian StyleXunzhou Ma; Dan Wu; Shiqiu Zhang. 2018. "Multiple Goals Dilemma of Residential Water Pricing Policy Reform: Increasing Block Tariffs or a Uniform Tariff with Rebate?" Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3526.