Fiedler, Marina; Haruvy, Ernan; Li, Sherry Xin - In: Games and Economic Behavior 72 (2011) 2, pp. 400-426
We conduct a quasi-field experiment in a virtual world environment to investigate the impact of social distance on economic choices. We design trust games with partner selection, in which the proposer chooses between a familiar responder and a stranger with a higher multiplier. When choosing...