This paper contributes to the ongoing methodological debate on context-free versus in-context presentation of … a typical bribery context, the other one uses abstract wording. Though the underlying context is heavily loaded with … the essential features of a bribery situation already with neutral framing, such that the presentation does not add …

This paper contributes to the ongoing methodological debate on context-free versus in-context presentation of … a typical bribery context, the other one uses abstract wording. Though the underlying context is heavily loaded with … the essential features of a bribery situation already with neutral framing, such that the presentation does not add …

In standard trust games, no trust is the default, and trust generates a potential gain. We investigate a reframed trust … game in which full trust is default and where no trust generates a loss. We find significantly lower levels of trust and … trustworthiness in loss domain when full trust is default than in gain domain when no trust is default. As a consequence, trust is on …

Previous literature has demonstrated the important role that trust plays in developing and maintaining well …-functioning societies. However, if we are to learn how to increase levels of trust in society, we must first understand why people choose to … trust others. One potential answer to this is that people view trust as normative: there is a social norm for trusting that …

Trust, trustworthiness and ethical norms of reciprocity and cooperation have been receiving more and more attention in … trust and trustworthiness. Following the literature on SC that stresses its multidimensional character (e.g. Paldam 2000 …