preferences for behavior in a public good game and a trust game. We find robust evidence for the significant explanatory power of … contribute more to the public good and are more likely to pick the trustworthy action in the trust game than other subjects …

We show that the standard trust question routinely used in social capital research is importantly related to … others cooperation. We find that the standard trust question is a proxy for cooperation preferences rather than beliefs about … others cooperation. Moreover, we show that the fairness question , a recently proposed alternative to the standard trust …

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 …