We introduce opportunities for pre-play communication and to enter binding or non-binding contracts in trust games, and … find (a) communication increases trusting and trustworthiness, (b) contracts are unnecessary for trusting and trustworthy …

We let subjects interact with anonymous partners in trust (investment) games with and without one of two kinds of pre … trusting, trustworthiness, or both, in inter-subject comparisons, but that the inclusions of verbal communication generates … trustworthiness in the sense of adhering to agreements, and we find that both are enhanced when the parties can use words, and …

the individual and thereby assessing the limits of these fairness concerns. This study reports on Trust game experiments … by changing to an unfair allocation. This modification appeared to make the trust aspect more salient which can explain a … relatively strong consistency between trust behavior and answers to attitudinal trust questions. …