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Can We Infer Social Preferences from the Lab? Evidence from the Trust Game
Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 10-02
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Can We Infer Social Preferences from the Lab? Evidence from the Trust Game
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Can We Infer Social Preferences from the Lab? Evidence from the Trust Game
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Abstract
We show that a measure of reciprocity derived from the Berg et al. (1995) trust game in a laboratory setting predicts the reciprocal behavior of the same subjects in a real-world situation. By using the Crowne and Marlowe (1960) social desirability scale, we do not find any evidence that a desire to conform to social norms distorts results in the lab, yet we do find evidence that it affects results in the field.
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Baran, Nicole M. and Sapienza, Paola and Zingales, Luigi, Can We Infer Social Preferences from the Lab? Evidence from the Trust Game (January 21, 2010). Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 10-02, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1540137 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1540137
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