determinants of cooperative behavior. We provide evidence indicating that the well-being maximizing level of trust is above the … income maximizing level. Higher trust is also linked to more cooperative and pro-social behaviors, including the private …

empirically in a large scale online experiment and in the laboratory. In both experiments, the second mover’s lying propensity …

We use the trust and the dictator games to explore the effects of religious identity on trust, trustworthiness …

and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce … compared to no enforcement. We also find that social heterogeneity lowers average trust and induces ingroup favouritism in … trust. Finally, we find consistent evidence of peer effects: higher levels of peer compliance raise future compliance and …

behavior over time and across situations. We tackle this task with an experiment and a structural model of preferences that …

We conducted a controlled field experiment on eBay and examined to what extent both social and competitive laboratory … patterns in the field experiment mirror fully naturally occurring trading patterns in the market. …

prosocial behavior. We conduct a large-scale online experiment where we add the possibility of purchasing insurance to safeguard … against low reciprocity to the standard trust game. We compare two different mechanisms, the private (purchase) and the social …