This paper investigates the relationship between trust and macroeconomic volatility. In a cross section of countries …, we show that higher trust is associated with lower macroeconomic instability. We use the inherited trust of Americans as … an instrumental variable of trust in their origin country to overcome all potential reverse causality concerns. We use …

This paper documents the co-evolution of social capital, measured as generalized trust, and financial development over … the twentieth century. I use cross generations inherited trust of Americans with foreign ancestors to track trust in their … home country in 1913 and 1990. The paper documents a positive cross-section relationship between trust and financial …

This article considers the effects of uncertainty, structure, trust and resistance to change on the success or failure … facilitate or impede the diffusion process. Trust is operationalized through strong ties and structure is modeled with the …. This research aims at exploring the effects of uncertainty, trust, structure and perception of a management accounting …

manipulate the trust of others, and update their opinions taking weighted averages of neighbors' opinions. The incentives to … manipulate are given by the agents' preferences. We show that manipulation can modify the trust structure and lead to a connected …