This paper presents the results from an experiment investigating whether framing affects the elicitation and predictive power of preferences for cooperation, i.e., the willingness to cooperate with others. Cooperation preferences are elicited in three treatments using the method of Fischbacher,...

I use data from a previous experiment for classifying subjects based on their behavior in the trust game. Prior literature defines a 'reciprocity effect' as the tendency for Second Movers to return proportions increasing in the amounts that they receive. In the data that I use, 31% of Second...

I use data from a previous experiment for classifying subjects based on their behavior in the trust game. Prior literature defines a “reciprocity effect” as the tendency for Second Movers to return proportions increasing in the amounts that they receive. In the data that I use, 31% of Second...

We compare the strategy and direct-response methods in a one-shot trust game with hidden action. In our experiment, the decision elicitation method is not statistically associated with participants' behavior or beliefs. We find no evidence that the direct-response method induces guilt aversion.

I use data from a previous experiment for classifying subjects based on their behavior in the trust game. Prior literature defines a “reciprocity effect” as the tendency for Second Movers to return proportions increasing in the amounts that they receive. In the data that I use, 31% of Second...