Trust behaves like moral capital that grows with use, unlike physical capital.

Evidence

Powell (1996) conceives trust as similar to human or moral capital operating distinctly differently from physical forms of capital. The supply of trust, he argues, increases with use rather than decreasing in value. Trust is not depleted in the same way that physical capital is over time, when used. — TOMASZ OLEJNICZAK, Development of Trust in Low-Trust…, 114

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallel to the reader’s framing of reputation as essential capital (Milinski) in the Wharton chapter — a capital that is replenished and expanded through social deployment, not spent down. — connects to: Using trust does not deplete it, so trust can build on trust — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 516; Trust-based reciprocal favors operate like financial capital — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 82

Related

• Failed trust is answered with still more trust, not less. (similarity 0.85)
• Using trust does not deplete it, so trust can build on trust (similarity 0.85)
• Trust functions as capital that commits its user to continued trustworthy conduct (similarity 0.83)
• Trust-based reciprocal favors operate like financial capital (similarity 0.83)
• Trust grows with use and decays with disuse (similarity 0.83)
• Trust functions as social capital enabling collective purposes. (similarity 0.83)
• Trust is not a resource depleted by use (similarity 0.80)
• Moralizing trust often stems from confusing it with trustworthiness (similarity 0.80)
• Trust flourishes most where neither kinship nor contract obligations apply (similarity 0.79)
• Trust emerges from gradually escalated reciprocal exchanges in ongoing relationships (similarity 0.79)
• Trust-based obligations function as exchangeable credit within social relationships. (similarity 0.79)
• Widespread trust consists of pockets of dyadic relationships, not generalized sentiment (similarity 0.78)
• Trust is an over-flexible concept that demands precise definition. (similarity 0.78)
• Only incentives, not investment, can genuinely change trustworthiness. (similarity 0.78)
• Social trust is an outcome and byproduct of social capital (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Using trust does not deplete it, so trust can build on trust #corroborates (0.90) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 516
• Trust-based reciprocal favors operate like financial capital #expands (0.72) — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 82