Do the reciprocal trust less?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 99
Issue: 3
Pages: 454-457

Authors (3)

Altmann, Steffen (Institute of Labor Economics (...) Dohmen, Thomas (not in RePEc) Wibral, Matthias (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

We study the intrapersonal relationship between trust and reciprocity in a laboratory experiment. Reciprocal subjects trust significantly more than selfish ones. This finding raises questions about theories of social preferences which predict that "fairer" players should trust less.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:3:p:454-457
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24