Reciprocity Effects in the Trust Game

Smith, Alexander

doi:10.3390/g4030367

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“…The alteration in the variance was also accentuated. However, the difference in differences is statistically significant As the trustees' returns may be explained by aversion to iniquity or pure altruism (Engelmann & Strobel, 2010;Fehr & Schmidt, 2006;Rabin, 1993;Smith, 2013), it is necessary to make an inference about the presence of reciprocity motivated by other factors conditioned by the investor's behavior in the experiment. According to Coricelli et al (2006), if the trustee's return is simply motivated by pure altruism, then it should not depend on the investor's level of trust.…”

Section: Evaluation Of the Trust Gamementioning

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An experimental analysis of the effect of recordkeeping over direct reciprocity

Santos

Cerqueira²,

Júnior

2021

Rev. contab. finanç.

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This article experimentally investigates the impact of recordkeeping over the level of direct reciprocity. The study of reciprocity has been barely explored in accounting. This article helps to fill that gap by presenting the first investigation that provides experimental evidence of the causal relationship between recordkeeping and direct reciprocity. Reciprocity is a key aspect in the human cooperation process, based on its implications for the evolution of economic and social systems. However, understanding the mechanisms that promote it has been an important scientific challenge in various areas, such as biology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and economics. The results of this study have an impact on accounting teaching as they provide a scientific basis that helps to improve the understanding of the role of accounting, through its most basic function, and its consequences for human cooperation. Moreover, they have implications for accounting research by showing the viability of using economic experiments to investigate emerging themes in accounting. Finally, from a practical viewpoint, the results of the research signal to the formulators of accounting control mechanisms the importance of considering the crowding out effect of those instruments over motivation. The research adopted a single-factor between-subjects experimental design with a pre-test and post-test and a control group. The causal inference was made using difference-in-differences regression models for panel data together with a variety of additional tests, aiming to give robustness to the results. The research presents evidence of the crowding out effect of recordkeeping over direct reciprocity in a trust game. This finding is important because it provides an explanation of how accounting, through its most basic function, influences human cooperation.

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Section: Evaluation Of the Trust Gamementioning

confidence: 99%

An experimental analysis of the effect of recordkeeping over direct reciprocity

Santos

Cerqueira²,

Júnior

2021

Rev. contab. finanç.

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“…46 This approach follows Fischbacher and Fehr (2001) and Smith (2013), who argue that a meaningful definition of reciprocal behavior is obtained when taking into account not only the spearman rho (ranging between -1 and +1), but also whether the correlation between amount returned by player and the amount has received (as presented by the 10 possible situations in the strategy method) is statistically significant. We obtain weaker empirical results when replacing our dichotomous variable with a correlation coefficient.…”

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Technology adoption and institutions : Evidence from field experiments in Cameroon

Meriggi¹

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Biodigesters for the production of biogas are generally considered welfare improving technologies as they can reduce dependence on fossil fuels and improve indoor air quality, limiting the incidence of respiratory diseases. Like many other technologies, the adoption of biodigesters is constrained by the affordability of their purchase and construction. We randomly vary subsidy levels for biodigesters, a capital-intensive renewable energy technology, across villages in rural Cameroon. We find that 25% and 45% subsidy levels successfully incentivize initial stages of technology adoption by increasing contract signing by 17% and 24%, respectively, but have no effect on the eventual construction of biodigesters. This highlights a critical disconnect between households' intent to adopt and their eventual decision making that subsidies alone cannot bridge. We also identify household characteristics associated with higher rates of interest in and adoption of biogas technology to inform future targeting efforts.

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Leader and villager behavior: Experimental evidence from Cameroon

Meriggi

Bulte

2018

World Development

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Reciprocity Effects in the Trust Game

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

An experimental analysis of the effect of recordkeeping over direct reciprocity

An experimental analysis of the effect of recordkeeping over direct reciprocity

Technology adoption and institutions : Evidence from field experiments in Cameroon

Leader and villager behavior: Experimental evidence from Cameroon

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