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Socially destructive behavior in a public good environment–like damaging public goods–is an underexposed phenomenon in economics. In an experiment we investigate whether such behavior can be influenced by the very nature of an environment. To that purpose we use a Fragile Public Good (FPG)...
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Socially destructive behavior in a public good environment - like damaging public goods - is an underexposed phenomenon in economics. In an experiment we investigate whether such behavior can be influenced by the very nature of an environment. To that purpose we use a Fragile Public Good (FPG)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011161043
motivated by trust in positive reciprocity or fear of negative reciprocity, in addition to unconditional other …
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impacts of twenty-first century surveillance schemes that have been implemented as fear-driven responses to terrorist acts …. Those impacts are argued to be seriously harmful to society. Trust is crucial to public acceptance of intrusive measures … trust, firstly in the assertions of national security and law enforcement agencies, and secondly in the politicians who have …
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Even though most of the causes of corruption are easily identifiable at the macro level, there is considerable disagreement when it comes to the intrinsic motivations leading people to engage in this activity. The present paper tries to shed light on the aspect concerning the correlation between...
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We report results from a trust game applied in a dynamic setting, which enhances investment possibilities and offers … often ignored in previous studies, might be an important determinant of trust. …
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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 experimentally examine whether partner's gender information influences trust and trustworthiness behavior. We … gender (or vice versa). We find limited influence for gender information on trust behavior. Conversely, the results show a …
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to the product specific information asymmetry in the agrifood sector, the anonymity of the medium creates a lack of trust … increasing transaction costs to engage in e-commerce. This paper develops a trust model for electronic commerce in the agrifood … industry allowing for the analysis of trust determinants in traditional agrifood transaction relationships and their transfer …
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-group. We characterize the set of evolutionarily stable combinations of in-group favoritism and out-group spite and find that an …
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