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 …

We examine whether a corruption scandal in which the incumbent is implicated undermines trust in local government. We … data on the level of trust expressed in local politicians drawn from a new survey conducted in late 2009. We use matching … methods to improve the identification of the effect of corruption scandals on trust, comparing municipalities affected by a …

In this paper we investigate the long- and short-run relationships between disasters and societal trust. A growing body … determinants of social capital in general, and trust in particular. We present new cross-country and panel data evidence of another … important determinant of trust—the frequency of natural disasters. Frequent naturally occurring events such as storms require …

To investigate the relation between trust and formal institutions, we analyze bilateral trade patterns in a sample of … 16 European countries between 1996-2009. Trust in trading partners has a significant positive effect on bilateral trade …. However, our results suggest that trust and formal institutions are substitutes, as the positive effect of trust on trade is …

directly measure religious organizations’ power to shape human decision making. We employ an objective measure of voters …’ commitment to their religious organization to determine whether they are more likely to vote in line with this organization’s …

the power of our approach with the analysis of trust and trustworthiness in Germany bycombining representative survey data … people’s trust correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled … the Social Democratic Party or the Christian Democratic Party exhibit more trust. People above the age of 65 and those in …

Many Internet markets rely on ‘feedback systems’, essentially social networks of reputation, to facilitate trust and … market encounters are one-shot) most frequently enhances trust and trustworthiness, and always increases total gains … each other) in promoting trust and trustworthiness if the market is sufficiently competitive. We conclude that, overall …

Institutions are important for proper economic performance, but are replaceable by trust or other social norms. We show … that when proper institutions and trust are missing, integrity of the individuals can replace them. We construct a model of …) trust, or (3) integrity, foster economic growth. We construct data of economic performance of social groups in Lebanon …

preferences such as risk preference, and crucial beliefs about the world, such as trust. This paper provides evidence on the three …