Reciprocity Effects in the Trust Game

Games

关键词: trust game;    reciprocity;    strategy method;   

DOI  :  10.3390/g4030367

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

I use data from a previous experiment for classifying subjects based on their behavior in the trust game. Prior literature defines a “reciprocity effect” as the tendency for Second Movers to return proportions increasing in the amounts that they receive. In the data that I use, 31% of Second Movers show reciprocity effects, 31% are neutral, and 25% consistently free-ride, indicating that the aggregate reciprocity effect for the sample as a whole is attributable to a minority of the subjects.

【 授权许可】

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