TRUST, VALUES, AND FALSE CONSENSUS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Butler, Jeffrey V.; Giuliano, Paola; Guiso, Luigi
• 署名单位: Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE); University of Nevada Las Vegas; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
• 刊物名称: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0020-6598
• DOI: 10.1111/iere.12125
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 889-915
• 关键词: egocentric bias; RECIPROCITY; reputation; RISK

摘要

Individuals' beliefs about the trustworthiness of a generic member of the population are both heterogeneous across individuals and persistent across generations. We investigate one mechanism yielding these dual patterns: false consensus. In the context of a trust game experiment, we show that the relationship between behavior and beliefs is consistent with individuals extrapolating their trust beliefs from their own trustworthiness and that this tendency continues even after substantial learning opportunities. We go on to provide evidence suggesting that one's own trustworthiness can be traced back to the values parents transmit to their children during their upbringing.