Honesty in the City

Martin Dufwenberg, Paul Feldman, Maroš Servátka, Jorge Tarraso () and Radovan Vadovic ()
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Jorge Tarraso: Libretto
Radovan Vadovic: Carleton University

No 2022-03, Working Papers from University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Economics

Abstract: Lab evidence on trust games involves more cooperation than conventional economic theory predicts. We explore whether this pattern extends to a field setting where we are able to control for (lack of) repeat-play and reputation: the taxi market in Mexico City. We find a remarkable degree of trustworthiness, even with price-haggling which was predicted to reduce trustworthiness.

Keywords: trustworthiness; honesty; reciprocity; field experiment; haggling; taxis; Mexico City (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 C90 C93 D91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe, nep-evo, nep-exp, nep-gth and nep-soc
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