Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75663 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 331
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Applying an indirect evolutionary approach with endogenous preference formation, we show that a legal system can induce players to reward trust even if material incentives dictate to exploit trust. By analyzing the crowding out or crowding in of trustworthiness implied by various verdict rules, we can assess how a court influences the share of kept promises of truly trustworthy players who evolutionarily evolved as trustworthy and of opportunistic players who are only trustworthy if inspired by material incentives.
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Working Paper
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