the main factors fostering the diffusion of social trust among entrepreneurs are the perception that the local community …Which kind of social capital fosters the diffusion of development-oriented trust? This paper carries out an empirical …), and different forms of trust (knowledge-based trust, social trust, trust towards public services and political …

Trust and reciprocity are the bond of society (Locke), but economic agents are both self-interested and intrinsically … critically discussed as well as relational behavioural principles (e.g. trust and reciprocity). The implications of this enlarged … accumulation and erosion of trust and social capital are explored. The tension between rules and trust turns out to be not …