Trust is a key aspect of various social interactions. Correspondingly, trust has been heavily
studied across different scientific disciplines. However, an integration of the diverse research …

Trust is among the most important factors in human life, as it pervades almost all domains of
society. Although behavioral research has revealed a number of insights into the nature of …

Decisions are said to be 'risky'when they are made in environments with uncertainty caused
by nature. By contrast, a decision is said to be 'trusting'when its outcome depends on the …

Recent research argues “betrayal aversion” leads many people to avoid risk more when a
person, rather than nature, determines the outcome of uncertainty. However, past studies …

Honesty is central to trust and trustworthiness. However, how a good reputation as honest
person is learned and induces trustworthiness impressions is still unexplored. Developing a …

Trust underpins much of social and economic exchanges across human societies. In
experimental economics, the Trust Game has served as the workhorse for the study of trust …

Using a gift-exchange experiment, we show that the ability of reciprocity to overcome
incentive problems inherent in principal–agent settings is greatly reduced when the agent's …

Trust is a key ingredient of almost all market interactions. Much of the literature on the
relationship between trust and market activity, however, has focused on how trust facilitates …

Trust is an important component of all successful commercial exchanges. Indeed, there is
now a considerable literature on the economic importance of trust as well as the relationship …

Recent research suggests that while betrayal aversion may have negative effects, the
presence of betrayal-averse agents is beneficial in reducing trustees' willingness to betray …