%0 Generic %A Robbins, Blaine %D 2013 %T Cooperation without Culture? The Null Effect of Generalized Trust on Intentional Homicide: A Cross-National Panel Analysis, 1995–2009 %U https://plos.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Cooperation_without_Culture_The_Null_Effect_of_Generalized_Trust_on_Intentional_Homicide_A_Cross_National_Panel_Analysis_1995_2009__/655093 %R 10.1371/journal.pone.0059511 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/991058 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/991062 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/991063 %K Economics %K Development economics %K Economic anthropology %K Economic models %K Economic development %K Macroeconomics %K Political science %K governments %K political theory %K Public opinion %K Sociology %K Crime and criminology %K Social research %K null %K generalized %K intentional %K cross-national %X

Sociologists, political scientists, and economists all suggest that culture plays a pivotal role in the development of large-scale cooperation. In this study, I used generalized trust as a measure of culture to explore if and how culture impacts intentional homicide, my operationalization of cooperation. I compiled multiple cross-national data sets and used pooled time-series linear regression, single-equation instrumental-variables linear regression, and fixed- and random-effects estimation techniques on an unbalanced panel of 118 countries and 232 observations spread over a 15-year time period. Results suggest that culture and large-scale cooperation form a tenuous relationship, while economic factors such as development, inequality, and geopolitics appear to drive large-scale cooperation.

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