Do the Reciprocal Trust Less?

Steffen Altmann; Thomas Dohmen; Matthias Wibral

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2007.09.012

Do the Reciprocal Trust Less?

Steffen Altmann^*, Thomas Dohmen, Matthias Wibral

^*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

31 Citationer (Scopus)

Abstract

We study the intrapersonal relationship between trust and reciprocity in a laboratory experiment. Reciprocal subjects trust significantly more than selfish ones. This finding raises questions about theories of social preferences which predict that "fairer" players should trust less.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Economics Letters
Vol/bind	99
Udgave nummer	3
Sider (fra-til)	454-457
Antal sider	4
ISSN	0165-1765
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.09.012
Status	Udgivet - 1 jun. 2008
Udgivet eksternt	Ja

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10.1016/j.econlet.2007.09.012

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Citationsformater

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