Social Sciences
4 years ago

Trust question reveals cooperation preferences, not beliefs, in social capital research

SSRN Electronic Journal
Microfoundations of Social Capital
Christian Thöni, Jean‐Robert Tyran, Erik Wengström

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The trust question in social capital research is linked to how people cooperate, not just what they believe about others. A study in Denmark used online experiments to show that the trust question reflects people's cooperation preferences, not their beliefs about others' cooperation. Another question about fairness also affects cooperation, but through beliefs rather than preferences.