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Do The Reciprocal Trust Less - Experimental Study - Data and Documentation available
The experiment tries to investigate the relationship of trust and reciprocity on an intrapersonal level. The key question is, whether reciprocal persons trust more or less then selfish ones. The study tries to adress this question with the help of a controlled laboratory experiment.
The experiment finds a strong and positive between relationship between a person's reciprocity and her trusting behavior. Reciprocal individuals exhibit much higher levels of trust than more selfish ones, even when personal characteristics and preferences such as gender or risk attitudes are controlled for.

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