Scholars agree that societal-level moral codes that promote social trust also promote wealth creation. However, what … specific kinds of societal-level moral codes promote social trust? Also, by what specific kind of competitive process does … social trust promote wealth creation? Because societal-level moral codes are composed of or formed from peoples’ personal …

High levels of social trust has been linked to both public sector size and long term economic growth, thereby helping … examines if social trust as a background factor also insulates countries against negative effects of public sector size on … growth, as government size and growth are found to be negatively associated in several recent studies. We note that the …

Trust among individuals of a society is an important dimension of social capital and may have different economic and … development implications. The present study is an attempt to investigate the relationship of trust with economic growth and human … development. It is unique in at least two different aspects. Firstly, it has used an index for quantifying trust which may be more …

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 …