We examine the influence of guilt and trust on the performance of credence goods markets. An expert can make a promise … to a consumer first, whereupon the consumer can express her trust by paying an interaction price before the expert … increase the commitment value of proper promises. -- Promises ; guilt ; trust ; credence goods ; experts ; reciprocity …

experiment whether gossip affects the efficiency of human interactions. We let subjects play a trust game. Third parties observe …

We examine gender differences in trust in another party's cooperation (CC) or its ability (AC). While men and women do … not differ concerning trust in cooperation, gender has a strong influence when trust in another subject's ability is … required. -- trust ; gender ; experiment ; cooperation ; ability ; stereotypes …

We show that the level of trust and reciprocity in an intercultural trust game experiment between Austrian and Japanese … subjects show significantly higher levels of trust towards Japanese subjects than towards fellow countrymen. Japanese do not … the country-specific differences. -- intercultural experiment ; intracultural experiment ; trust game ; Austria ; Japan …