Trust, voluntary cooperation, and socio-economic background: survey and experimental evidence

By Simon Gächter, Benedikt Herrmann, Christian Thöni. 2004

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Subfields: Demography, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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A Genetic Basis for Social Trust? (2010, unknown): “Although the correspondence between such ‘revealed preference’ measures of trust and the types of self-report item, that are our focus here, does not appear to be strong (Ermisch et al. 2009; Gachter et al. 2004; Glaeser et al. 2000), these findings add further prima facie plausibility to the idea t”
The limits of self-governance when cooperators get punished: Experimental evidence from urban and rural Russia (2011, unknown): “We asked for (i) socio-demographic information (see Table 1 and Appendix A) and (ii) trust attitudes which we discuss in a separate paper (Gächter et al., 2004).”
Conducting interactive experiments online (2017, unknown): “21 This result is consistent with recent literature reporting college students to be less cooperative than non-students and other adults (Belot et al. 2010; Carpenter and Seki 2011; Ga¨chter et al. 2004; Stoop et al. 2012).”
A meta-analysis of the impact of trust on technology acceptance model: Investigation of moderating influence of subject and context type (2011, background): “What makes an ERP implementation relationship worthwhile: Linking trust mechanisms and ERP usefulness.”
Microfoundations of Social Capital (2012, background): “…studies are, for example, Fehr et al. (2003) with n = 429, Bellemare and Kröger (2007) with n = 499, Sapienza et al. (2007) with n = 508, and Gächter et al. (2004) with n = 782 participants. natural environment for economic experiments, as most people frequently use the internet for…”
Self-selection and variations in the laboratory measurement of other-regarding preferences across subject pools: evidence from one college student and two adult samples (2013, background): “Gächter et al. (2004) collected data from 639 subjects (339 students and 300 non-students) in several cities and villages in Russia and Belarus, and compare their behavior in a one-shot PGG experiment.”
Trust and Information Sharing in Supply Chains (2012, background): “…affected by a variety of factors, including the salesperson's reputation (Ganesan 1994, John and Weitz 1989), first impression from initial interactions (Ajzen and Fischibein 1980, Mcknight et al. 1998), and the retailer's emotional state and background (Gächter et al. 2004, Jones and George 1998).”
Climate change in a public goods game: Investment decision in mitigation versus adaptation (2010, result): “This is line with results found in Gächter et al. (2004).”
A comprehensive comparison of students and non-students in classic experimental games (2015, background): “Gachter et al. (2004) conduct a similar, although one-shot, public good game with students and non-students.”