Trust: Forms, Foundations, Functions, Failures and Figures
本书系统梳理信任的多维性质、成因与后果，指出信任是在根本不确定的世界中，相信他人会以善意和公平回应意外情况，而非机会主义行事。适合对信任研究感兴趣的经济学、社会学、心理学等学者。
This book provides an interesting and informative account of the nature, causes and consequences of trust. It is perhaps best thought of as an exercise in conceptual ground‐clearing, offering as it does a systematic delineation of the various aspects of that multidimensional phenomenon. Nooteboom begins by arguing that a prerequisite for understanding the nature and significance of trust is a recognition of the fact that we live in a world of radical uncertainty, that is, a world in which people are unable even to imagine all the possible consequences of their actions, let alone assign sharp numerical probabilities of the sort postulated by subjective expected utility theory. For Nooteboom, viewed under its epistemic aspect, trust is the belief that people will respond to unforeseen contingencies by acting in good faith, eschewing the instrumentally rational and opportunistic modes of conduct emphasised by rational choice theory and transactions cost economics in favour of actions which express their commitment to norms of fairness and reciprocity.