title: Cooperation without culture? The null effect of generalized trust on intentional homicide: a cross-national panel analysis, 1995-2009.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America. adduct@uw.edu
authors.forename: Blaine
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Robbins
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003469:Culture; D057217:Economic Development; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011639:Public Opinion; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013696:Temperature; D035502:Trust / Q000523:psychology*