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This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of social environment for the formation of prosociality. In a first step, we show that socioeconomic status (SES) as well as the intensity of mother-child interaction and mothers' prosocial attitudes are systematically related to...
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scientific research and expertise. We test this hypothesis by examining how exposure to previous epidemics affected trust in … course. Combining data from a 2018 Wellcome Trust survey of more than 75,000 individuals in 138 countries with data on global … reduces trust in scientists and in the benefits of their work. We also illustrate that the decline in trust is driven by the …
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demonstrating that the loss of political trust is larger for individuals who experienced epidemics under weak governments. Finally …, we report evidence suggesting that the epidemic-induced loss of political trust may discourage electoral participation in …
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behavior of students and the general population in a trust experiment. We find very similar behavioral patterns for the two …
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This paper investigates the direct and indirect effects of others' beliefs on respondents' own beliefs and consumer sentiment. Conducting consumer surveys with randomized control trials (RCTs) in Thailand and Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic, we implement two information treatments. Both...
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This paper studies the causal effect of inflation literacy on inflation expectations and trust in the central bank … literacy treatment improves respondents' knowledge about monetary policy and inflation and raises their trust in the central … reported forecast uncertainty and trust in the central bank. …
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