TRUST AND CHEATING

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Butler, Jeff; Giuliano, Paola; Guiso, Luigi
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE); University of Nevada Las Vegas
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12271
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 1703-1738
• 关键词: promises; NORMS; games

摘要

When we take a taxi we may feel cheated if the driver takes an unnecessarily long route despite the lack of a contract to take the shortest possible path. Is the behaviour of the driver affected by beliefs about our cheating notions? We address this question in the context of a trust game. We find that both parties to a trust exchange have personal notions of cheating and that these notions have a bimodal distribution. We conceptualise cheating notions as moral expectations, which provide a micro-foundation for guilt. Cheating notions substantially affect decisions on both sides of the trust exchange.