We examine the effect of trust on financial investment and contracting decisions in a micro-economic environment where … trust is exogenous. Using hand-collected data on European venture capital, we show that the Eurobarometer measure of trust … partners further contributes to the effect of trust. Education and work experience reduce the effect of trust but do not …

, in the form of generalized trust and associational activity, is related to regional differences in economic growth. Based … on extensive robustness tests, we present evidence that Fukuyama's (1995) argument on trust does not hold and that Putnam …

This paper analyzes the relations between social capital, institutions and trust.These concepts are full of ambiguity … and confusion.This paper attempts to dissolve some of the confusion, by distinguishing trust and control, and analyzing … institutional and relational conditions of trust.It presents a tool for the analysis of the foundations of trust and a diagnosis of …

social-cognitive theory of the firm and an analysis of processes by which trust is built up and broken down. …

This chapter reviews some key points in the analysis of trust, based on Nooteboom (2002)i.The following questions are … addressed.What can we have trust in?What is the relation between trust and control?What are the sources of trust? And what are … its limits?By what process is trust built up and broken down?What are the psychological mechanisms involved?The chapter …

.Simultaneously numerous advantages of joint venture relationships characterized by trust between partners have been identified.This paper … investigates the role of trust in knowledge transfer and assimilation, jointly leading to the learning outcome in an … interorganizational context.Propositions linking sources of trust to the processes of knowledge transfer and assimilation in joint …

Abstract: We implement a trust game in which the trustee can write a free-form pre-play message for the trustor. The …

Trust is full of puzzle and paradox.Trust is both rational and emotional. Trust can go beyond calculative self …-interest, but has its limits.People may want to trust, while they may also feel threatened by it.If trust is not in place prior to a … better understanding of the puzzles and processes of trust, this chapter applies the perspective of 'embodied cognition', and …