We use a unique data set of trust game replications to validate the commonly used “trust” question from the World … Values Survey. We find that trust as measured by the World Values Survey is positively correlated with experimentally … measured trust. …

We collect data from 162 replications of the Berg, Dickhaut, and McCabe Investment game (the “trust” game) involving … protocols and geographic variation on this popular behavioral measure of trust and trustworthiness. Our findings indicate that … less in trust games conducted in Africa than those in North America. …

We demonstrate that personality has a systematic effect on strategic behavior. We focus on two personality traits … which personality affects strategic behavior. …

is beneficial in reducing trustees’ willingness to betray trust. In light of this, many common knowledge institutions may …

Are decisions in a trust game more or less sensitive to changes in risk than decisions in a purely financial, non …-social decision-making task? Participants in a binary trust game (they could either keep $5 for sure or give it to a trustee with the … 80 percent and then were asked to decide whether to trust that other person. In addition, participants made a decision in …

We review research suggesting that decisions to trust strangers may not depend on economic dynamics as much as … emotional and social ones. Classic treatments of trust emphasize its instrumental or consequential nature, proposing that people … trust based on expectations that their trust will be honored and the size of reward if it is. Data from our labs, however …