Under weak contract enforcement the trading parties’ trust, defined as their belief in other’s trustworthiness, appears … appear less important, suggesting that trust and contract enforcement are substitutes. Here we show, however, that trust and … under weak contract enforcement trust has no effect on gains from trade, but when we successively improve contract …

We use the trust and the dictator games to explore the effects of religious identity on trust, trustworthiness …

Trust is an essential component of good social outcomes and effective economic performance. This is particularly true … first mover in a binary ‘trust' game about the past behavior of the responder as a responder. In the novel History of Trust … identical and substantial increase in ‘trust' for both of these reputation systems in comparison to the baseline no …

relevant events. We conduct trust game experiments where the amount sent back by the second player (trustee) is exogenously … ; trust game ; instrumental variables ; belief elicitation …

relevant events. We conduct trust game experiments where the amount sent back by the second player (trustee) is exogenously … ; trust game ; instrumental variables ; belief elicitation …

of the relevant events. We conduct trust game experiments where the amount sent back by the second player (trustee) is … ; trust game ; instrumental variables ; belief elicitation …

relevant events. We conduct trust game experiments where the amount sent back by the second player (trustee) is exogenously …

relevant events. We conduct trust game experiments where the amount sent back by the second player (trustee) is exogenously …

Social media have been credited with the potential of reinvigorating trust by offering new opportunities for social and … the environment of social networking sites hostile to many users. We conduct a novel experiment in a Facebook setting to … study how the effect of social media on trust varies depending on the civility or incivility of online interaction. We find …