Trust and trustworthiness with singleton groups

Fabio Galeotti and Daniel Zizzo

No 12-03, Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS) from School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Abstract: We present an experiment investigating the effects of having an individual identified as a singleton group. The presence of a singleton group reduces trustworthiness. The majority group members discriminate against the singled out group member when they are not responsible of the distinct status of this person. When the singleton group member is identified based on negative characteristics, he or she returns significantly less. Overall, having singleton groups has no benefits for trust and is potentially disruptive for trustworthiness.

Keywords: Justification; trust games; groups; responsibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 C91 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-02-01
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