How do changes in competitive intensity affect trade and spatial market share patterns in oligopolies? Models of collusive arrangements in spatially separated markets generate testable predictions of the effects of collusion on price, trade patterns and concentration. We exploit a quasi-natural experiment associated with increased anti-trust enforcement activity over the last two decades to tes...

In Social networks, users need a proper estimation of trust in others to be able to initialize reliable relationships. Some trust evaluation mechanisms have been offered, which use direct ratings to calculate or propagate trust values. However, in some web-based social networks where users only have binary relationships, there is no direct rating available. Therefore, a new method is required t...

In this article, the role of cultural capital in strengthening social trust in Iran has been studied. Social trust is one of the most important components of social development. It is one of the important aspects of social relations. Cultural capital, which is an indicator of cultural development, is used objectively and the scientific and cultural qualities of a person can affect social trust....

Government is spending more on key social services and performance is (arguably) improving, yet there is widespread concern about declining trust in the state sector. This is important because new developments throw increased emphasis on the role of organisational trust in enabling co-ordination of increasingly complex and decentralised organisations and on public trust in the acceptance of con...

The authors acknowledge helpful comments from Chris Alexander and Catherine Gingell as well as feedback from presentations at the University of Lausanne and the European Trade Study Group Annual Conference in Madrid. Financial support from the Leverhulme Trust under Programme Grant F114/BF is also gratefully acknowledged.

e-commerce has made life simple and innovative of individuals and groups consumer behavior in online shopping is different from the physical market where he has access to see the product. the purpose of the research was to study the consumer behavior in online shopping of electronics especially in iran. primary data was collected through the questionnaire survey and by emails from personal cont...

Trust is often described as an important variable in social interactions, allowing exchanges and potentially influencing economic performance. In the last decades, the understanding of trust antecedents and consequences has deepened. While trust has often been defined as an expectation about a counterpart’s trustworthiness in a situation involving risk, experimental studies point to the social ...