2.05. A model of generalized trust and efficiency.

Autores: Cea-Echenique, S., Marinovic, A.

Palabras Clave: Generalized Trust, Efficiency, Interactions, Prisoner’s Dilemma

Generalized trust indexes have been included in a wide variety of surveys in the last years through de degree of agreement with the sentence «in general, one can trust in most of the people» that is used in the World Values Survey[1] The concept behind this measure has been analyzed from diverse perspectives, including economics, sociology and political science. The interest in a quantitative measure is fostered by numerous indications of its social relevance: varied measures of trust are correlated with higher levels of development, equity and/or efficiency…