Trust and Reciprocity: Interdisciplinary Lessons for Experimental Research

Contents

Contents Contributors ix Preface xi PART I INTRODUCTION: SOCIAL DILEMMAS AND TRUST 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 3 Elinor Ostrom and James Walker Chapter 2 Toward a Behavioral Theory Linking Trust, Reciprocity, and Reputation 19 Elinor Ostrom Chapter 3 Gaming Trust 80 Russell Hardin PART II BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF TRUST AND RECIPROCITY 103 Chapter 4 Biological Foundations of Reciprocity 105 Robert Kurzban Chapter 5 The Chimpanzee’s Service Economy: Evidence for Cognition-Based Reciprocal Exchange 128 Frans B. M. de Waal PART III THE LINKS BETWEEN EVOLUTION, COGNITION, AND BEHAVIOR 145 Chapter 6 A Cognitive Theory of Reciprocal Exchange 147 Kevin A. McCabe viii Contents Chapter 7 Conflict, Interpersonal Assessment, and the Evolution of Cooperation: Simulation Results 170 James Hanley, John Orbell, and Tomonori Morikawa PART IV EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE 207 Chapter 8 Experimental Studies of Cooperation, Trust, and Social Exchange 209 Karen S. Cook and Robin M. Cooper Chapter 9 The Human Face of Game Theory: Trust and Reciprocity in Sequential Games 245 Catherine C. Eckel and Rick K. Wilson Chapter 10 Strategic Analysis in Games: What Information Do Players Use? 275 Kevin A. McCabe and Vernon L. Smith Chapter 11 Trust in Children 302 William T. Harbaugh, Kate Krause, Steven G. Liday Jr., and Lise Vesterlund Chapter 12 Trust in Two-Person Games: Game Structures and Linkages 323 T. K. Ahn, Elinor Ostrom, David Schmidt, and James Walker Chapter 13 Cross-Societal Experimentation on Trust: A Comparison of the United States and Japan 352 Toshio Yamagishi PART V CONCLUSIONS 371 Chapter 14 The Transformation of a Skeptic: What Nonexperimentalists Can Learn from Experimentalists 373 Margaret Levi Chapter 15 Conclusion 381 James Walker and Elinor Ostrom Glossary 389 Index 395 ...