Interpersonal Trust and Mutually Beneficial Exchanges: Measuring Social Capital for Comparative Analyses

Measuring the Relationship between Cultural Capital and Social Trust (Case Study: Citizens of Zanjan City)

In this article, the role of cultural capital in strengthening social trust in Iran has been studied. Social trust is one of the most important components of social development. It is one of the important aspects of social relations. Cultural capital, which is an indicator of cultural development, is used objectively and the scientific and cultural qualities of a person can affect social trust....

Interpersonal Trust in Online Scientific Social Networks: Causes and Results

Background and Aim: This study tends to investigate the reasons of interpersonal trust and the results of trust in online scientific social networks. Methods: The applied Research has been used cluster sampling to collect data. The study population consisted of Shiraz university and Persian Gulf university faculties. A sampling of 269 person was determined by Morgan table according to whole pop...

Race, trust and social capital

Cyberspace markets, social capital and trust

This short contribution outlines several economic approaches to the issue of trust in cyberspace interactions ranging from e-commerce to interpersonal communication. The purpose is to illustrate some practical contributions that specific areas of economic analysis can make to the analysis of behaviour and to the setting of policies and rules. The focus is on instrumental or ‘purposive’ transact...

Trust, Social Capital and Economic Development∗†

Many argue that elements of a society’s norms, culture or social capital are central to understanding its development. However, these notions have been difficult to capture in economic models. Here we explore a possible role for ‘trustworthiness’ as corresponding to social capital. Individuals are trustworthy when they perform in accordance with promises, even if this does not maximize their pa...