Across two studies, we asked whether people trust too much or too little, relative to what an
economic analysis would suggest. In the trust game paradigm, participants decided whether …

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 …

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 …

We advance the measurement of trust in economics in two ways. First, we highlight the
importance of clearly identifying the target of trust, particularly for obtaining concordance …

Previous literature has demonstrated the important role that trust plays in developing and
maintaining well-functioning societies. However, if we are to learn how to increase levels of …

Trust is essential for a secure and flourishing social life, but many economic and
philosophical approaches argue that rational people should never extend it, in particular to …

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 …

Trust is essential to personal well-being and economic success, but it cannot occur without
accepting the possibility of betrayal. In the experimental trust game, game-theoretic …

The human face appears to play a key role in signaling social intentions and usually people
form reliable and strong impressions on the basis of someone's facial appearance …

This paper examines whether trust is an investment decision under uncertainty, based on
the expectation of trustworthiness, and whether trustworthiness is reciprocity, conditional on …