Müller, Daniel; Torgler, Benno; Uslaner, Eric M. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2012
Algan and Cahuc in "Inherited Trust and Growth" (AER, 2010) argue that "inherited trust" is a key factor in explaining … growth rates across countries. They derive a measure of inherited trust by linking respondents’ "home countries" in the … trust levels for people born before 1910 (inherited trust in 1935) and afterwards (inherited trust in 2000). They show a …