We examine the degree of trust and reciprocity in an experimental trust game with 662 participants from six different … age groups, ranging from 8 year old primary school children to retired persons in their late sixties. Although both trust … research has devoted surprisingly little attention to their development with age. Our results provide clear evidence that trust …

Trust and trustworthiness are important components of social capital and much attention has been devoted to their … correct evaluation. In this paper, we argue that individuals' trust and trustworthiness are strongly dependent on the level of … trust and trustworthiness of the social group in which subjects operate. Attitudinal indicators which are often used to …

Social media have been credited with the potential of reinvigorating trust by offering new opportunities for social and … study how the effect of social media on trust varies depending on the civility or incivility of online interaction. We find …

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 …

We show that the standard trust question routinely used in social capital research is importantly related to … internet in Denmark and find that the trust question is a proxy for cooperation preferences rather than beliefs about others … recently proposed alternative to the “trust question”, is also related to cooperation behavior but operates through beliefs …