Social exposure and trustworthiness: Experimental evidence

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2018
Volume: 162
Issue: C
Pages: 73-75

Authors (4)

Bao, Wei (not in RePEc) Rao, Yulei (not in RePEc) Wang, Jianxin (not in RePEc) Houser, Daniel (George Mason University)

Score contribution per author:

0.251 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

A large number of empirical studies have investigated the value of exposing one’s decisions to social networks in increasing trustworthy behavior, but these suffer from several limitations. This paper reports data from a controlled laboratory experiment that demonstrates even minimal social exposure dramatically increases trustworthy behavior.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:162:y:2018:i:c:p:73-75
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-02-02