to close this gap and explains social drinking as a trust facilitating device. Since alcohol consumption tends to make … some people (unwillingly) tell the truth, social drinking can eventually serve as a signaling device in social contact … games. Empirical support is obtained from a cross-country analysis of trust and a newly developed index of moderate alcohol …

consumption. -- social and public drinking ; alcohol consumption ; social contact games ; trust ; signaling … to close this gap and explains social drinking as a trust facilitating device. Since alcohol consumption tends to make … some people (unwillingly) tell the truth, social drinking can eventually serve as a signaling device in social contact …

queue can therefore be a valuable signaling device for a high-quality firm …

learned from reputation deals. Furthermore, a signaling model of teaming is developed that captures in a consistent way the …

social norms of trust. We find that in certain cases, i.e. when the partnership is very rewarding in absolute terms and the … risk of exploitation from defector partners is relatively low, pure trust may emerge as a social standard of behaviour in a …-phase transition to pure trust may emerge: in the first phase, 'cautious' co-operators who monitor the partner spread over, to be …