1st Edition

Trust and Economics The Co-evolution of Trust and Exchange Systems

By Yanlong Zhang Copyright 2016
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

146 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

A lot of recent attention has been given to one of the central paradoxes of trust: namely how people can restrict self-interest in order to trust. Existing perspectives, theories, and models offer partial explanations, but this volume presents a novel framework that expands on the findings of recent studies of trust and exchange. This book offers a new angle for the understanding of exchange and... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Theory Chapter 3: Methodology Chapter 4: Emergence of Trust Chapter 5: Evolution and the Stability of Trust Chapter 6: Varieties of Trust Chapter 7: Conclusions

Biography

Yanlong Zhang is a Research Assistant at Department of Economics and Business Studies, University of Bremen, Germany