Huck, Steffen; Lünser, Gabriele K.; Tyran, Jean-Robert - In: Games and Economic Behavior 76 (2012) 1, pp. 195-209
We study the effects of reputation and competition in a trust game. If trustees are anonymous, outcomes are poor …: trustees are not trustworthy, and trustors do not trust. If trustees are identifiable and can, hence, build a reputation … trusteesʼ complete history has, somewhat surprisingly, no effect. On the other hand, we find that competition, coupled with some …