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The trust game is one of the foundational games in experimental economics and behavioral economics.[1]

In the basic two-player game, there are two players, each of whom is endowed with an equal initial endowment.[2]

One of the two players is a first mover-- sometimes referred to as the Trustor-- who chooses between Invest and Not Invest. Not investing guarantees the first mover his initial endowment as a sure outcome. Investing transfer the entire invested amount by the first mover to the second mover, multiplied by 3. That invested amount is subtracted from the first mover's endowment.[3]

If the first mover invests, the second mover-- referred to as a Trustee-- receives the entire investment of the fist mover, multiplied by 3. He can choose how much to transfer back to the first mover.[4]

If the second mover transfer any amount over 1/3 of the investment to the first mover, then the first mover is as well off as he would have been had he not invested. However, the second mover has a strategic dominance in the sub-game of transferring back nothing at all.[5][6]

By backward induction, the first mover can expect to receive nothing, and therefore he is better off not investing.[7]

The trust game is sometimes erroneously referred to as a variant of the dictator game.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Burks, Stephen V.; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Verhoogen, Eric (June 2003). "Playing both roles in the trust game". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 51 (2): 195–216. doi:10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00093-8.
  2. ^ Johnson, Noel D.; Mislin, Alexandra A. (October 2011). "Trust games: A meta-analysis". Journal of Economic Psychology. 32 (5): 865–889. doi:10.1016/j.joep.2011.05.007.
  3. ^ Wilson, Rick K.; Eckel, Catherine C. (June 2006). "Judging a Book by its Cover: Beauty and Expectations in the Trust Game". Political Research Quarterly. 59 (2): 189–202. doi:10.1177/106591290605900202. ISSN 1065-9129.
  4. ^ Berg, Joyce; Dickhaut, John; McCabe, Kevin (July 1995). "Trust, Reciprocity, and Social History". Games and Economic Behavior. 10 (1): 122–142. doi:10.1006/game.1995.1027.
  5. ^ Krueger, Frank; McCabe, Kevin; Moll, Jorge; Kriegeskorte, Nikolaus; Zahn, Roland; Strenziok, Maren; Heinecke, Armin; Grafman, Jordan (2007-12-11). "Neural correlates of trust". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (50): 20084–20089. Bibcode:2007PNAS..10420084K. doi:10.1073/pnas.0710103104. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2148426. PMID 18056800.
  6. ^ Rigdon, Mary L.; McCabe, Kevin A.; Smith, Vernon L. (2007). "Sustaining Cooperation in Trust Games". The Economic Journal. 117 (522): 991–1007. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02075.x. ISSN 0013-0133. JSTOR 4625540.
  7. ^ Burnham, Terence; McCabe, Kevin; Smith, Vernon L (September 2000). "Friend-or-foe intentionality priming in an extensive form trust game". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 43 (1): 57–73. doi:10.1016/S0167-2681(00)00108-6.
  8. ^ Alarcon, Gene M.; Lyons, Joseph B.; Christensen, James C.; Klosterman, Samantha L.; Bowers, Margaret A.; Ryan, Tyler J.; Jessup, Sarah A.; Wynne, Kevin T. (October 2018). "The effect of propensity to trust and perceptions of trustworthiness on trust behaviors in dyads". Behavior Research Methods. 50 (5): 1906–1920. doi:10.3758/s13428-017-0959-6. ISSN 1554-3528. PMID 28917031.