Reciprocity is Different: Experimental Evidence from a Trust Game Between Japanese Domestic and International Students

Tetsuya Kawamura (), Yusuke Osaki, Go Ohtani and Ryuji Saito
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Tetsuya Kawamura: Tezukayama University
Yusuke Osaki: Waseda University
Go Ohtani: Osaka Sangyo University
Ryuji Saito: Osaka Sangyo University

The Review of Socionetwork Strategies, 2023, vol. 17, issue 2, 167-178

Abstract: Abstract This study examined the difference in Japanese people’s recognition of Japanese and foreigners through trust game experiments with Japanese and international university students. Participants mentioned their birthplaces at the beginning of the game. Other demographic characteristics, such as gender and faculty, were also declared and used as control variables. All international students were assigned as trustors and Japanese students were randomly assigned as trustors or trustees. The experimental results revealed that: First, the level of trustworthiness did not significantly differ between Japanese and foreign international students. Second, Japanese students have significantly higher unconditional reciprocity for international students than for Japanese students. Third, the level of conditional reciprocity is not significantly different. This result suggests that being reserved may show the closed-mindedness of Japanese people toward foreigners.

Keywords: International students; Laboratory experiment; Reciprocity; Strategy method; Trust game (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 C92 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/s12626-023-00143-1

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