. -- Trust ; Sociability ; Household Finance ; Stockholding …We investigate the effects of both trust and sociability for stock market participation, the role of which has been … on specific trust to financial institutions from Eurobarometer. We show that trust and sociability have distinct and …

This article investigates the importance of both trust and sociability for stock market participation and for … differences in stock-holding across Europe. We estimate significant effects for the two, and find that sociability can partly … balance the discouragement effect on stock-holding induced by low regional prevailing trust. We test for exogeneity of trust …

This paper examines the influence of both trust and sociability on stock market participation and their implications …. We show that trust and sociability have distinct and sizeable effects on stock market participation. We find that more … various groups of households, we find that sociability can induce stockholding among the less well off in Sweden, Denmark and …

This paper investigates the importance of both trust and sociability for stock market participation and for differences … in stockholding across Europe. We estimate significant effects for the two, and find that sociability can partly balance … the discouragement effect on stockholding induced by low regional prevailing trust. We test for exogeneity of trust and …

This research is an attempt to assess the impact of trust, helpfulness, and fairness on economic growth in Europe. The … first part of the paper highlights the concept of social capital and the related concept of trust, while the second part …: generalized trust, helpfulness, and fairness, which can be combined into an aggregated variable, called 'cooperation capital'. The …