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Do Negative Random Shocks Affect Trust and Trustworthiness

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We report data from a variation of the trust game aimed at determining whether (and how) inequality and random shocks that affect wealth influence the levels of trust and trustworthiness.… Click to show full abstract

We report data from a variation of the trust game aimed at determining whether (and how) inequality and random shocks that affect wealth influence the levels of trust and trustworthiness. To tease apart the effect of the shock and the inequality, we compare behavior in a trust game where the inequality is initially given and one where it is the result of a random shock that reduces the second mover's endowment. We find that first‐movers send less to second‐movers but only when the inequality results from a random shock. As for the amount returned, second‐movers return less when they are endowed less than first‐movers, regardless of whether the difference in endowments was initially given or occurred after a random shock.

Keywords: shocks affect; random shocks; trust; inequality; trust trustworthiness

Journal Title: Southern Economic Journal
Year Published: 2018

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