trust, local culture, and transaction costs. The networking of activities gains special emphasis with respect to SMEs. In … form of organisation, Local development, Trust, Co-operation. …

increase of trust in business relations does not correlate with the dynamic capabilities. Instead trust acts as a trigger …

increases current social capital and trust and reduces corruption in several public services. Past formal institutions can leave …

respect to (a) their correlation with actual risk-taking behaviour in the lab - here the amount sent in a trust game, and (b … eliciting individual risk attitudes than the lottery-choice task. Moreover, with respect to trust, the data further support the …

implement a control strategy, which consists of low effort discretion and little or no rent-sharing, or they implement a trust … control strategy prevails, while the possibility of screening renders the trust strategy profitable. The introduction of … competition substantially fosters the trust strategy, reduces market segmentation, and leads to large welfare gains for both …

Trust in the ECB, as measured by the standard Eurobarometer surveys has fallen to unprecedented lows - especially in … the larger euro area countries. We find that up to the start of the recession in 2008 trust in the ECB was little affected … by business cycle variables such as growth and even inflation. This changed radically with the recession, with trust in …

This paper reviews the state of confidence and trust in the Netherlands, with special attention to the financial sector …. An attempt has been made to identify the factors that determine individual trust and confidence and to uncover … connections between the various variables. Based on surveys over the period 2003-2006, the data show that interpersonal trust in …

Trust in financial institutions is of great importance for financial intermediation. Against this background, we study … two questions: Has trust in banks declined during the global financial crisis and what factors determine the level of … trust in banks? Employing survey evidence from Austrian households, we show that trust in banks is mainly affected by …

This paper investigates how group membership and competition among trustors interact with trust and trustworthiness in … a laboratory one-shot trust game. To analyze these effects, we apply a 2x2 design. We induce group membership by letting …

This study examines the association between urban/rural residence and various forms of trust in Hungary, including … control variables such as age, gender, income, marriage, qualification into the analysis. Trust is a basic dimension of human … capital and a very often used concept in everyday situations too. Trust research became increasingly popular in recent years …