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

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	99
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	454-457
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0165-1765
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.09.012
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Fairness
Laboratory experiment
Reciprocity
Social preferences
Trust

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