Trust and trustworthiness under information asymmetry and ambiguity
We introduce uncertainty and ambiguity in the standard investment game. In the uncertainty treatment, investors are informed that the return of the investment is drawn from a publicly known distribution function. In the ambiguity treatment, investors are not informed about the distribution function....
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| author | Clot-Figueras, Irma Hernan-Gonzalez, Roberto Kujal, Praveen |
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| description | We introduce uncertainty and ambiguity in the standard investment game. In the uncertainty treatment, investors are informed that the return of the investment is drawn from a publicly known distribution function. In the ambiguity treatment, investors are not informed about the distribution function. We find that both trust and trustworthiness are robust to the introduction of these changes. |
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| spelling | nottingham-404332020-05-04T18:14:30Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40433/ Trust and trustworthiness under information asymmetry and ambiguity Clot-Figueras, Irma Hernan-Gonzalez, Roberto Kujal, Praveen We introduce uncertainty and ambiguity in the standard investment game. In the uncertainty treatment, investors are informed that the return of the investment is drawn from a publicly known distribution function. In the ambiguity treatment, investors are not informed about the distribution function. We find that both trust and trustworthiness are robust to the introduction of these changes. Elsevier 2016-10-31 Article PeerReviewed Clot-Figueras, Irma, Hernan-Gonzalez, Roberto and Kujal, Praveen (2016) Trust and trustworthiness under information asymmetry and ambiguity. Economics Letters, 147 . pp. 168-170. ISSN 0165-1765 Investment Game Uncertainty Ambiguity Trust trustworthiness http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176516303123 doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2016.08.019 doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2016.08.019 |
| spellingShingle | Investment Game Uncertainty Ambiguity Trust trustworthiness Clot-Figueras, Irma Hernan-Gonzalez, Roberto Kujal, Praveen Trust and trustworthiness under information asymmetry and ambiguity |
| title | Trust and trustworthiness under information asymmetry and ambiguity |
| title_full | Trust and trustworthiness under information asymmetry and ambiguity |
| title_fullStr | Trust and trustworthiness under information asymmetry and ambiguity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trust and trustworthiness under information asymmetry and ambiguity |
| title_short | Trust and trustworthiness under information asymmetry and ambiguity |
| title_sort | trust and trustworthiness under information asymmetry and ambiguity |
| topic | Investment Game Uncertainty Ambiguity Trust trustworthiness |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40433/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40433/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40433/ |