A Road to Trust

A Road to Trust

We explore the relationship between transaction costs and generalized trust. Using panel data from 2100 households in 135 poor rural communities of the Philippines, we show that where costs of interactions are reduced there is an increase in generalized trust. These results have implications for the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Labonne, Julien, Chase, Robert S.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Organizational Behavior
Transaction Costs
Property Rights D230
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120
Formal and Informal Sectors
Shadow Economy
Institutional Arrangements O170
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
Transportation Systems: Government and Private Investment Analysis
Road Maintenance, Transportation Planning R420
Economic Sociology
Economic Anthropology
Social and Economic Stratification Z130
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4653

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