Trust and Trustworthiness Under the Prospect Theory: A Field Experiment in Vietnam

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Quang Nguyen

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Marie Claire Villeval

GATE, CNRS

Hui Xu

University of Lyon 2 - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE)

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Date Written: September 1, 2012

Abstract

We study the influence of risk and time preferences on trust and trustworthiness by conducting a field experiment in Vietnamese villages and by estimating the parameters of the Cumulative Prospect Theory and of quasi-hyperbolic time preferences. We find that while probability sensitivity or risk aversion do not affect trust, loss aversion influences trust indirectly by lowering the expectations of return. Also, more risk averse and less present biased participants are found to be trustworthier. The experience of receiving remittances influences behavior and a longer exposure to a collectivist economy tend to reduce trust and trustworthiness.

Keywords: trust, trustworthiness, risk preferences, time preferences, cumulative prospect theory, Vietnam, field experiment

JEL Classification: C91, C93, D81, D90, O010, O053

Suggested Citation

Nguyen, Quang and Villeval, Marie Claire and Xu, Hui, Trust and Trustworthiness Under the Prospect Theory: A Field Experiment in Vietnam (September 1, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2144628 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2144628

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Hui Xu

University of Lyon 2 - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE) ( email )

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Ecully, 69130
France

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