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social preferences (such as trust and altruism) and in influencing behavior in strategic environments. Here we emphasize the … of errors in strategy implementation. In our data, we show that players indeed choose less lenient strategies in …
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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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citizens’ support for the market by guaranteeing income redistribution to inequality-averse agents. Our identification strategy …, provided that they trust political institutions. Our findings suggest that one solution to the recent electoral backlash of …
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In this paper we test the effect of trust on the choice of child care technology. We estimate individual-level trust as …). Compared to other measures of trust, using this technique has several advantages: It makes more efficient use of information by … to trust using data from the European Social Survey, we analyze their personal, demographic, and regional determinants …
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This paper investigates in a principal-agent environment whether and how group membership influences the effectiveness of incentives and when incentives can have “hidden costs”, i.e., a detrimental effect. We show experimentally that in all interactions control mechanisms can have hidden...
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We document that trust in public institutions – and particularly trust in banks, business and government – has declined … over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in … the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …
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localized and well-respected administration increased citizens' trust in local public services. In several Eastern European … Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously … moved borders, geographic and pre-existing differences, and interpersonal trust corroborate a genuine Habsburg effect. …
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conclusion is based on new insights into the effects that variables, such as risk tolerance, trust and reciprocity, the value for …
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. We extend the analysis of the effect of trust on portfolio choice to include the dominant component of households …' portfolios, real estate. In a simple model, we show how the effect of trust on expected investment returns affects portfolio … composition, including the share of real estate. Using data from the European Social Survey, we estimate individual-level trust as …
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raises the other players' beliefs about the donors’ trustworthiness in a simple trust game. Consequently, donors receive …
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