removes their capacity to strike. Weapons can serve as a means of deterrence. In four treatments, we find that deterrence is …

We conduct a field trust game under a natural experiment context to test the impacts of urbanisation on trust. We … transformation of trust levels among co-villagers and towards outsiders. We test this conjecture in an experimental approach and more … generally, examine whether the urbanisation will produce significant impacts on in-group trust and out-group trust. The research …

The "grammar of trust" is one the most explored loci in game theory and behavioural economics. However, still much … needs to be understood about the nature of trust in non-enforceable, personalised interactions, in markets and within … organizations. This experimental study aims at contributing to the understanding of new dimensions of trust by exploring how risky …

The 'grammar of trust' is one of the most explored loci in behavioural and experimental economics. This experimental … study aims at contributing to the understanding of new dimensions of trust by exploring how risky trust may foster a trustee … of risky trust, which generates more trustworthy and reciprocal behaviour in untrustworthy people. …

against low reciprocity to the standard trust game. We compare two different mechanisms, the private (purchase) and the social …

study the implications of this for trust and trustworthiness. Trustworthy individuals are more \optimistic" than …

We study the interaction between competition and social proximity on altruism, trust, and reciprocity. We decompose the … behavioral channels by utilizing variants of both the Trust Game and the Dictator Game in a design that systematically controls … outcomes thereof when competitors are socially proximate, affect social preferences. Within the context of the Trust Game, we …