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Trust is a key element of social interactions both in the real-world and in virtual settings. As recent psychological research has emphasized the importance of situational variation in the trustee perception, the present research investigates the correlation of trust game behavior and independent trustee perception in video-interaction. We ?nd that trust game behavior and independent trust ratings of video-taped target persons are highly correlated but neither one predicts the targets' trustworthiness accurately. Moreover, perception-based trust decisions on average lead to worse outcomes than relying on basic heuristics such as always contributing the same amount in every trust game. The results caution us not to overestimate the degree of information to be gained from perceptual cues and augment our understanding of the psychological processes underlying trust decisions.

Studies assessing people’s willingness-to-pay for carbon offsets are overwhelmingly grounded in hypothetical stated-preference approaches. Here, we report on a large-scale observational field study involving a final sample of 63,520 bookings made with a European airline, allowing us to gauge willingness-to-pay for offsets in a revealed-preference approach. Our pre-registered study shows that the median willingness-to-pay to voluntarily offset a ton of CO2 from flight-related emissions is zero, with the mean willingness-to-pay being around 1 EUR. Neither prices of the offset nor airfares are predictive of offsetting behavior in a highly powered sample. Climate vulnerability of the destination has no significant impact on the compensation decision either. On the other hand, higher ancillary spending is associated with an increased likelihood to compensate, even though the effect size is low due to the general unwillingness to internalize flight-related emissions. Additionally, we find the choice of a vegetarian meal to be of similar predictive power (significant, but low in effect size given an overall low proportion of passengers choosing a vegetarian meal). Our results inform existing research on stated preferences as well as mitigation efforts relying on voluntary climate action.