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 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 …

Interpersonal trust is a mental construct with implications for social functioning and economic
behavior. We review contemporary theories of trust from behavioral economics and social …

Interpersonal trust is essential for a productive and rewarding social life, yet it presents many
theoretical puzzles, particularly among strangers, because its existence violates the rational …

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 …

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

This research examines one mechanism by which people decide whether to trust strangers.
Using a laboratory setting that provides subjects with controlled information about their …

Although trust plays a pivotal role in many aspects of life, very little is known about the
manifestation of trust and distrust in everyday life. In this work, we integrated several prior …

This paper examines trusting actions and reciprocity responses in the two-person Trust
Game. Two experiments test a model that suggests that individuals in social and economic …