How institutions shape morality

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• dc.contributor.author Dari-Mattiacci, Giuseppe
• dc.contributor.author Fabbri, Marco
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-07-12T07:21:08Z
• dc.date.available 2023-07-12T07:21:08Z
• dc.date.issued 2023
• dc.description.abstract We present the results of a randomized control trial on the effect of the introduction of formalized property rights on individuals’ moral judgments and, in particular, on utilitarian morality. We show that institutions shape morality: being exposed to private property institutions makes individuals more utilitarian when confronted with moral dilemmas. Our results shed light on a possible institutional determinant of the variation of moral judgments across the globe and its geographical patterns, and have implications for the consequences of major institutional reforms—both intended, such as land-titling programs, and unintended, such as those following from recent historical events—on moral attitudes. We discuss two possible channels stemming from the inherent features of property rights: the loosening of social ties and the commodification of rights (JEL codes: K11; O13; Z10; Z13).
• dc.description.sponsorship Marco Fabbri gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Marie Curie Research Grants scheme, grant H2020-MSCA-IF-2017-789596. Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci gratefully acknowledges research support from Columbia Law School.
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• dc.identifier.citation Dari-Mattiacci G, Fabbri M. How institutions shape morality. J Law Econ Organ. 2023;39(1):160-98. DOI: 10.1093/jleo/ewab016
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewab016
• dc.identifier.issn 8756-6222
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57547
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Oxford University Press
• dc.relation.ispartof The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 2023;39(1):160-98.
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/789596
• dc.rights © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Yale University. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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• dc.subject.other Associacions, institucions, etc. -- Aspectes ètics i morals
• dc.title How institutions shape morality
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