This paper presents an agent-based model of the networkbased trust game by combing two essential ingredients, namely new economic geography and cooperative games. Through simulating this model, we would like to show the coevolution of trusts, networks, economic growth and income distribution. Variations of the proposed design allow us to examine the role of social trust in economic growth and c...

This survey is stratified random sampling among 425 students in Islamic Azad University of Mashhad (north east of Iran) in 2011 the questionnaire has been implemented in the research. The validity of the questionnaire for face validity and Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient is used. In this study, social capital indexes like "social participation, social trust and networks of social rel...

In this thesis, we build an agent-based framework to model trust-based interaction among people in a social network. We assume that trust is one person’s expectancy that another person will behave in a way that a good outcome for both people is achieved. The social network is represented by a weighted graph in which the nodes are the agents and the links reflect the strength of trust relationsh...

divine religions have a significant impact on formation of social norms and strengthening of social capital through the promotion of the moral virtues. the purpose of this study is to demonstrate the impact of doctrines, rituals and ethical teachings of islam on muslims’ social capital in the 40 countries using the generalized trust index and the ordinary least squares method. research findings...

This study aims to explore the moderating effect of trust on relationship between social media engagement, benefits, and relationships, utilizing an innovative framework grounded in exchange theory. Employing a quantitative analysis with structural equation modeling (SEM), using questionnaire distributed sample 493 Jordanian youth, results unveil positive correlation engagement emerging as cruc...