Game theory, the formalized study of strategy, began in the 1940s by asking how
emotionless geniuses should play games, but ignored until recently how average people …

Behavioral game theory aims to predict how people actually behave by incorporating
psychological elements and learning into game theory. With this goal in mind, experimental …

This paper provides what we believe to be the first collection of data on social capital in the
transition countries of Central/Eastern Europe and of the former Soviet Union. Using data …

Important features of labor relations are that contracts are incomplete, that workers and firms
very often interact repeatedly and that there are opportunities for social exchange. To assess …

The trust-building process is basic to social science. We investigate it in a laboratory setting
using a novel multistage trust game where social gains are achieved if players trust each …

The issue of trust has recently attracted growing attention in research on work relations,
capital–owner relations, cultural influences on the economic structures of different countries …

Entrepreneurship research emphasizes the importance of the individual entrepreneur in
both venture creation and growth. However, theory and practice suggest that the vast …

This paper explores the effect of religious observance and affiliation to the dominant religion
(Catholicism) on trust in institutions and toward others, and market attitudes. The analysis is …

Transactions on online markets require a great deal of trust among anonymous trading
partners. To mitigate some of the risks involved in anonymous transactions, several online …

The concepts of social networks, social capital and trust play an increasingly central role in
the social sciences. They have become indispensable conceptual tools for the analysis of …