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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 …
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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 …
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In this article a simple game is used to develop a concept of trust that takes account of boundedly rational behavior … there remains a risk that the second mover does not perform as promised. Trust consists of accepting this risk. The paper … also discusses the efficiency of trust and the role of the law in separating trustworthy from non trustworthy people. …
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The paper shows that being able to forecast another player's actual cooperation better than pure chance can change players' strategic incentives in a one-shot simultaneous PD-situation. In particular, it is shown that if both players have such ability (to forecast each others' actual choices...
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The aim of this paper is threefold: we first discuss the appropriateness of the traditional trust-game-tree for the … analysis of trust relationships. Following the definition put forward by Lee et al. (2005) that confident expectations and a … willingness to be vulnerable are critical components of all definitions of trust, we relate these criteria to the subjective …
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There is a growing interest in cross-border medical care and its comparative advantages. In addition, medical care can be defined as a local assurance good. Little research is being carried out in this field. This paper discusses the individual considerations for medical treatment offered at...
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The theory 'corporate social responsibility' (CSR) is characterized in the paper. The paper expresses the authors' opinion, that CSR as a mere proclamation of necessity of the firms' ethic behavior does not enforce this into praxis. The internal economic motivation to CSR it is the necessary...
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not onlymutual trust, like simple exchange, but also a substantial degree of coordination. We examinewhether players are …
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different dimensions of trust. In thispaper we estimate effects of closure positions on two dimensions of trust (trust in … strongly support the gossip argument for bothdimensions of trust. However, the data only gave weak and ambiguous support for …
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of approaches: control or trust. The management literature has put a lot of attention on these two modes that play an …
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