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... do it somewhere in Northern Europe where public employees are likely to contact you if it is turned in. Don't do it in Mexico, or China.
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We visited 355 cities in 40 countries and turned in a total of 17,303 wallets...
Our wallets were transparent business card cases, which we used to ensure that recipients could visually inspect without having to physically open the wallet (fig. S1). Our key independent variable was whether the wallet contained money, which we randomly varied to hold either no money or US $13.45 (“NoMoney” and “Money” conditions, respectively). We used local currencies, and to ensure comparability across countries, we adjusted the amount according to each country’s purchasing power. Each wallet also contained three identical business cards, a grocery list, and a key.
Northern Europe...you mean where Socialist Democrats rule and the citizenry doesn't have to steal because of public benefits?
Surprisingly...
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In virtually all countries citizens were more likely to return wallets that contained more money. Both non-experts and professional economists were unable to predict this result.
When there was money in the wallet it was more not less likely to be returned to the owner. The authors theorize that this is because people wanted to avoid the damage to their self image that would come from thinking of themselves as thieves. When the wallet had no money in it (but still had a key that might be valuable to the owner) many recipients apparently did not feel enough guilt to motivate them to make the effort of returning it.
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Northern Europe...you mean where Socialist Democrats rule and the citizenry doesn't have to steal because of public benefits?
They won't steal in Northern Europe? Does that mean they will step up funding for NATO, UN, and perhaps match dollar for dollar to any US humanitarian aid? Perhaps be the world's police instead of the US.... No... Yeah, I didn't think so either...
Countries with the most honest/conscientious people working in banks, theaters, museums, post offices, hotels, police stations and courts of law:
Switzerland
Norway
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
New Zealand
Wallets were returned 60-80% of the time in those countries
Least honest/conscientious (5-25% of wallets returned):
China
Morocco
Peru
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Malaysia
Ghana
The United States is right in the middle of the 40 country list.
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