between consumer confidence in the safety of food in general and consumer trust in particular institutions and organisations … study was to investigate to what extent general consumer confidence in the safety of food was related to consumer trust in …. The first aim of the study was to develop and validate a scale to measure general consumer confidence in the safety of …

the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …We document that trust in public institutions--and particularly trust in banks, business and government--has declined … over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in …

diligence is a means to reduce perceived risks and uncertainties for businesses and create trust and confidence in the … framework assigns trust signals and control elements to the four process phases to be communicated during the process. …

to the product specific information asymmetry in the agrifood sector, the anonymity of the medium creates a lack of trust … increasing transaction costs to engage in e-commerce. This paper develops a trust model for electronic commerce in the agrifood … industry allowing for the analysis of trust determinants in traditional agrifood transaction relationships and their transfer …

on the extent to which consumers trust such signals to be indicative of quality or safety, which in turn depends on the … relationship between trust in food safety information provided by national food standards agencies (NFSAs) and the EU Food Safety … are more interested in food produced in their own country. This, coupled with consumer trust in a strong, and independent …

Against the background of diverse food scandals this article investigates the role of trust as a determinant of … consumer behaviour in Germany. As empirical analyses indicate the impact of trust on consumer behaviour in a quotidian and … presumably safe setting is to be neglected. In the environment of a food scandal, however, trust proves to be a crucial element …

temptations. Trust can be generated both by reducing the profitability of malpractice and by enhancing social trust factors …