Do the Reciprocal Trust Less?

Steffen Altmann, Thomas Dohmen and Matthias Wibral ()
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Matthias Wibral: Maastricht University

No 3010, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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.

Keywords: laboratory experiment; reciprocity; fairness; trust; social preferences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2007-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe, nep-exp, nep-hpe and nep-soc
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 99 (3), 454-457

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