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 …

Victorious alliances often fight about the spoils of war. This paper presents an experiment on the determinants of … conflict and more intense fighting. …

first, low-cost pass at empirical evaluation, we conduct an experiment among farmers in the Ethiopian highlands, a region … based on neighborly recognition of borders could deliver a desired low-conflict situation if accompanied by an optional …

people’s trust correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled … the power of our approach with the analysis of trust and trustworthiness in Germany bycombining representative survey data … with representative behavioral data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to elicit …

and education in order to stimulate the diversity of books on offer, increase the density of retail outlets and to promote …

-stocked bookshops than the diversity of published titles and that debutantes do not face big barriers to entry. One should be even more …

shocks. The results demonstrate that retail assortments may remain constant if consumers have a low preference for diversity …