CULTIVATING TRUST: NORMS, INSTITUTIONS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF SCALE
CULTIVATING TRUST: NORMS, INSTITUTIONS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF SCALE
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02398.x
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发表时间：
2011-09-01
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3.2
通讯作者：
Francois, Patrick
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作者：
Bidner, Chris;Francois, Patrick
我们研究诚实规范和制度的共同演化。新的贸易机会需要实现制度变革，因为制度最初对机会主义行为的脆弱性会导致规范的恶化。我们展示了摆脱机会主义如何需要制度改进超过规范恶化。一个关键的预测出现了：较大的经济体更有可能发展到具有强大诚实规范的稳定状态，但不需要有更好的制度。这一预测是通过不同国家的横截面数据进行检验的；即使在控制标准信任决定因素和制度质量的情况下，人口与信任也存在显着的正相关关系。
We study the co-evolution of honesty norms and institutions. New trading opportunities require institutional changes to be realised, since the initial vulnerability of institutions to opportunistic behaviour leads to the deterioration of norms. We show how an escape from opportunism requires that institutional improvements outpace norm deterioration. A key prediction emerges: larger economies are more likely to evolve to steady states with strong honesty norms but need not have better institutions. This prediction is tested using a cross-section of countries; population has a significant positive relationship with trust, even when controlling for standard trust determinants and institutional quality.