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TRUST OF MODERNITY, MODERNITY OF TRUST. CONSIDERATIONS AND RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
CONTE, MASSIMO - EconWPA - 2005
THE DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP IN OUR TIMES IMPOSE A GROWING IMPORTANCE TO 'TRUST' AS A RESOURCE BETWEEN PERSONAL … REDUCING OF SOCIAL COMPLEXITY IN OUR NEAPOLITAN REALITY, WE ASSUME THAT IS BETTER TO 'RELIANCE' RATHER THAN TO TRUST. FOR THE …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126102
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Social memory, social stress, and economic behaviors
Takahashi, Taiki - EconWPA - 2005
trait (i.e., general trust scale) and social stress-induced cortisol elevations. We found that (1) social stress acutely … impairs social memory during social interaction and (2) interpersonal trust reduces social stress response. Together …, interpersonal trust may modulate economic behaviors via stress hormonefs action on social cognition- related brain regions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408231
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When punishment fails: Research on sanctions, intentions and non- cooperation
Houser, Daniel; Xiao, Erte; McCabe, Kevin; Smith, Vernon - EconWPA - 2005
People can become less cooperative when threatened with sanctions, and researchers have pointed to both 'intentions' and incentives as sources of this effect. This paper reports data from a novel experimental design aimed at determining the relative importance of intentions and incentives in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062715
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The empirics of social capital and economic development: a critical perspective
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper provides an introduction to the concept of social capital, and carries out a critical review of the empirical literature on social capital and economic development. The survey points out six main weaknesses affecting the empirics of social capital. Identified weaknesses are then used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407737
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The empirics of social capital and economic development. A critical perspective
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper provides an introduction to the concept of social capital, and carries out a critical review of the empirical literature on social capital and economic development. The survey points out six main weaknesses affecting the empirics of social capital. Identified weaknesses are then used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556075
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Low Information Games - Experimental Evidence on Learning in Ultimatum Bargaining
Slembeck, Tilman - EconWPA - 1999
This paper reports experimental evidence on behaviour in an Ultimatum Game where responders have low structural information and feedback so that they have to learn the nature of the game during repeated play. The results lend support to the view that certain learning conditions are less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125583
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THE HIDDEN COSTS AND RETURNS OF INCENTIVES — TRUST AND TRUSTWORTHINESS AMONG CEOs
Fehr, Ernst; List, John A. - EconWPA - 2004
situations requiring trust and trustworthiness. As a control we compare the behavior of CEOs with the behavior of students. We …. However, the availability of penalizing incentives also creates hidden returns: if a principal expresses trust by voluntarily … threat is not available. Thus trust seems to reinforce trustworthy behavior. Overall, trustworthiness is highest if the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076520
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Sustaining Cooperation in trust Games
McCabe, Kevin; Rigdon, Mary; Smith, Vernon - EconWPA - 2004
-person trust game. Players are typed based on their recent track record as whether or not they are trusting (Players 1) and whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125594
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A Prototype for an Agent-based Secure Electronic Marketplace including Reputation Tracking Mechanisms
Boris, Padovan; Stefan, Sackmann; Thorsten, Eymann; … - EconWPA - 2002
The future of electronic commerce will be shaped by open, heterogeneous and complex structures, consisting of networked marketplaces. Software agents will interact and negotiate on behalf of their human (or organizational) principals. Principals will be able to implement fraudulent strategies in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134563
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Borrowing Alone The Theory and Policy Implications of the Commodification of Finance
Hannsgen, Greg - EconWPA - 2004
Over the past 20 years, finance has become commodified. Firms increasingly obtain finance from securities markets, instead of borrowing from commercial banks with which they have long-term relationships, while Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac package a growing number of mortgages into bonds. When...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134641