Fairness as a constraint on trust in reciprocity: earned property rights in a reciprocal exchange experiment
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We investigate the concept of mindreading in a trust–reciprocity experiment. Our results show that the Trustees send back more, the stronger the Trustors’ property rights are. But instead of strategically relying on this reciprocal behavior, Trustors tend to unilaterally implement a fair outcome. 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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