Apprehension and temptation - The forces against cooperation

The influences of trust and time horizon on the robustness of cooperation h ave been widely recognized. Nonetheless, separate streams of literature in social science have differentially emphasized these two constructs. The aut hors examine the conjoint influences of trust and time dimension on coopera tion and show that trust and time dimension jointly determine the level of apprehension and temptation in a relationship, which, in turn, moderate fea r and greed, respectively. Understanding how apprehension and temptation wo rk in a relationship helps to answer the following questions: How do trust and time horizon influence greed and fear and hence cooperation? How sensit ive are apprehension and temptation with respect to changes in trust and li me horizon? Why are trust and time horizon individually necessary but not s ufficient for cooperation?