Similarities and differences when building trust: the role of cultures
通过实验让不同欧洲国籍的学生分组重复选择信任游戏对象,发现地域(南北欧)是影响实验结果的主要因素,但歧视本身不显著,而是行为差异通过重复互动导致收益差异。
Abstract We run an experiment in which students of different European nationalities are matched in groups of five and repeatedly choose with whom within their group they want to play a trust game. Participants observe of each other age, gender, nationality and number of siblings. The region of origin, “North” or “South” is a major determinant of success in the experiment. Participants tend to trust those they trusted before and who trusted them. We do not find evidence of regional discrimination per se. It is only the underlying and significant differences in behavior that translate through repeated interactions into differences in payoffs between the two regions.