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We study the pattern of correlations across a large number of behavioral regularities, with the goal of creating an empirical basis for more comprehensive theories of decision-making. We elicit 21 behaviors using an incentivized survey on a representative sample (n = 1;000) of the U.S....
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We use the trust and the dictator games to explore the effects of religious identity on trust, trustworthiness …
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Economic growth is propelled in part by the accumulation of different kinds of capital, including social capital in its several guises. This paper considers the interplay between financial crises and various aspects of social capital which, if it is allowed to depreciate, can undermine economic...
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While trust and trustworthiness provide a fundamental foundation for human relationships, little is known about how … the World Values Survey to address a potential connection between trust and age. In this chapter, we will mainly focus on … trusting and trustworthy behavior elicited with the use of the seminal trust game (Berg et al., 1995) and with games …
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We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods game to classify subjects by type of contribution preference and by belief about the contributions of others; and we measure betrayal aversion for different categories of subject....
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altruism, trust, trustworthiness, and cooperation. For non-social experiences, we find no effect on subsequent behavior in any …
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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 …
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Trust is a concept that has attracted - significant attention in economic theory and research within the last two … experiments claiming to measure trust, and how these different measures are related. Using nationally representative data, we test … a commonly used experimental measure of trust for robustness to a number of interferences, finding it to be mostly …
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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 …
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We propose that religion impacts trust and trustworthiness in ways that depend on how individuals are socially … are, as well as actual trust and trustworthiness are measured incentive compatibly. We find that interpersonal similarity … in religiosity and affiliation promote trust through beliefs of reciprocity. Religious participants also believe that …
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