Calvino’s “Invisible cities”, I will sketch an account of the human and invisible foundations – first of all: trust/distrust …

heterogeneity, and human capital have an effect upon neighborhood trust, which is ordinarily considered as a kind of particularized … trust. The major findings are as follows: (1) Income inequality is associated with low trust for both young and the old … generations. (2) Age homogeneity and education have a detrimental effect on trust. However, this tendency is not observed when the …

built on social interactions, social norms and trust. Secondly, it argues that social capital affects economic outcomes as a …

innovation in the bamboo handicraft. Social capital, measured by an index of trust significantly influences the innovation index …

Assuming that J. S. Mill and others are correct in their belief that trust matters for the economic performance of … nations, the determinants of trust become important. Section 2 discusses the sources of trust and briefly summarizes empirical … evidence. Section 3 builds on Fukuyama’s concept of the “radius of trust” to identify the type of trust which should be …