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Re:Civic honesty around the globe by bbs787 on Thursday June 20, 2019 @05:39PM (#20237659)
I think the contents of the wallet are too much like junk without the money. Some business cards, a grocery list and a key in a transparent wallet. To me that's almost as junk as finding some fliers and I might think somebody has just thrown it away as litter and $13 is like lunch money. So it has to has $100 so I think "they might want this".

If it was a regular wallet full of useful cards, perhaps some sentimental things like photos etc. then I'd want to get it back to them regardless of whether it contained some cash. I think this experiment might work better with a backpack or a mobile phone.

Re:Civic honesty around the globe by woah on Thursday June 20, 2019 @08:07PM (#20238722)
The description of the wallet does make it sound like garbage. They probably should have used a higher quality (if well-worn) wallet in the prevailing local style. Lots of issues with this study design in general.
Re:Civic honesty around the globe by kalleboo on Friday June 21, 2019 @12:46AM (#20239943)
Doesn't that just make the results even more interesting? 60+% of "garbage" got returned in Sweden! Why would people return garbage?
Re:Civic honesty around the globe by sonnyblarney on Thursday June 20, 2019 @07:50PM (#20238631)
That's a great point.

A grocery list and a business card is hardly 'a wallet'.

Even with $13 ... that's still 'a wallet with some lose change'.

Without credit cards, id, or some some real money, i.e. 'meaningful to the person who lost it', it's an odd measure.