The economic crisis in Korea, which started as a financial or foreign exchange crisis at the end of 1997, is rapidly destroying the economic bases in real terms. It is expected that direct economic losses could exceed 25% of its annual GDP sooner or later. This would equal the damage experienced...

As trust undeniably is a crucial factor of economic development, it seems to be veryimportant to find out where there exists a reasonable stock of trust and where not,as well as how the emergence of trust could be fostered, how its existence can bemaintained and how threats to trustful relations...

Following the collapse of the socialist systems the countries of Middle- and Eastern Europefollowed their way to democracy and a market economy with different speed and sequencing.The related political-economy issues gave rise to an ongoing debate on the question as towhether the introduction of...