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 …

experimentally investigate the relationship between intrinsic and instrumental reciprocity by running a two-period repeated trust …, and that intrinsic reciprocity is rewarded. In fact, the total level of cooperation, in which trust is reciprocated, is …

Research on social capital routinely relies on survey measures of trust which can be collected in large and … about others' cooperation. Our analysis suggests that the standard trust question used in the World Values Survey is a proxy … recently proposed alternative to the standard trust question, seems to operate through beliefs rather than preferences. …

We examine the degree of trust and trustworthiness in an experimental trust game with 662 participants from six … different age groups, ranging from 8-year-olds to retired persons. Although both trust and trustworthiness have been identified … trust increases almost linearly from early childhood to early adulthood, but stays rather constant within different adult …

We examine gender differences in trust in another party?s cooperation (CC) or its ability (AC). While men and women do … not differ concerning trust in cooperation, gender has a strong influence when trust in another subject?s ability is …