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TRUST OF MODERNITY, MODERNITY OF TRUST. CONSIDERATIONS AND RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS

CONTE, MASSIMO - EconWPA - 2005

THE DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP IN OUR TIMES IMPOSE A GROWING IMPORTANCE TO 'TRUST' AS A RESOURCE BETWEEN PERSONAL … REDUCING OF SOCIAL COMPLEXITY IN OUR NEAPOLITAN REALITY, WE ASSUME THAT IS BETTER TO 'RELIANCE' RATHER THAN TO TRUST. FOR THE …

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Social Capital

Durlauf, Steven; Fafchamps, Marcel - EconWPA - 2004

This paper surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...

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Macro Measures And Mechanics of Social Capital

Keele, Luke - EconWPA - 2005

measures of civic engagement and interpersonal trust. I,then, use these measures to test a basic assumption about social … participation and interpersonal trust as a function of long term trends in civic engagement and a set of controls for collective …

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The empirics of social capital and economic development: a critical perspective

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper provides an introduction to the concept of social capital, and carries out a critical review of the empirical literature on social capital and economic development. The survey points out six main weaknesses affecting the empirics of social capital. Identified weaknesses are then used...

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The empirics of social capital and economic development. A critical perspective

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

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Social capital: reviewing the concept and its policy implications

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003

There is scope for Governments to take more account of social capital in policy development, according to this Commission study. This paper suggests that social capital generally brings social and economic benefits by reducing transaction costs, promoting cooperative behaviour, diffusing...

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Analisi economica, relazioni sociali e capitale sociale

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2004

Attraverso una rassegna critica della letteratura, questo paper vuole fornire una prima introduzione al concetto di capitale sociale e dare conto del dibattito in corso su questo tema da più di un decennio. Gli studi presi in considerazione sono ripartiti in base al particolare aspetto della...

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Buying Organic Food in France : Shopping Habits and Trust

Sirieix, Lucie; Schaer, Brigitte - EconWPA - 2005

consumer trust orientations and the frequentation of the different sales channels where organic food can be found. The results … of this study conducted in France and Germany show that consumers in organic food stores put trust in their store but are … neither the heaviest nor the most trusting consumers. Consumers in hypermarkets or supermarkets do not really trust the store …

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Necessidade de uma economia solidária: a visão de Karl Polanyi sobre os mercados

Santos, António Bob - EconWPA - 2004

This paper aims to analyse the vision of Karl Polanyi about the creation of markets. The importance of markets in societies, social relations, and capitalism.

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The Three Capitals of Pricing – Human, Systems and Social Capital

Ritson, Mark; Zbaracki, Mark; Dutta, Shantanu; Levy, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we explore the possibility, heretofore unexplored in the marketing literature, that firms “invest funds” in their pricing processes. This builds on some of the recent economic work on the costs of price adjustment. To do this we undertook a two-year, cross- disciplinary,...

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