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Volume 39: Issue 3
Soft concepts in economics: The challenges of researching trust
Author:
Dóra Győrffy Péter Pázmány Catholic University and Corvinus University of Budapest

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301–320
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Sep 2017
Publication Date:
01 Sep 2017
Article Category:
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/204.2017.39.3.2
Keywords:
methodology of economics; post-communism; trust; trust research
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The paper surveys the challenges of researching soft concepts in economics through focusing on trust. Although there is increasing evidence about its importance for macroeconomic outcomes, tensions with the homo oeconomicus model as well as the difficulties of conceptualization and measurement imply significant difficulties for research. The paper argues that comparative economics with its systemic analysis and traditional openness to interdisciplinary approaches is particularly well-suited for resolving these challenges, and it could also provide a contribution to trust research through integrating macro-, meso- and micro-level analysis.

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