Okay, so 'shiftiness' is independent of appearance as measured other ways, but what is it exactly? The next step is quantifying what cues people pick up on that identify trustworthiness, and that's what I'm really interested in.
This blog post adds virtually nothing over the original linked article: <a href="http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13226709" rel="nofollow">http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1...</a><p>Otherwise, interesting.
This sounds a bit like Bruce Schneier's comments on "hinky" <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=wuNImmQufGsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=schneier#PPA133,M1" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=wuNImmQufGsC&printsec=f...</a>
Might this be a self-fulfilling prophecy? If the 'shifty' group were offered higher interest rate, then this increases the probability that they will bail on their loans, no?