&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement … automotive industry. Consistent with the model's predictions, higher levels of trust are associated with higher investment levels … - but also with more competitive procurement: trust and rents from reduced supplier competition in the procurement process …

We explore the determinants and effects of trust relationships between upstream suppliers and downstream producers … different measures of supplier-buyertrust, tha thigher levels of trust mitigate relationship-specific underinvestment in a … classical hold-up situation. Moreover, contrary to the extant literature, we show that higher levels of supplier's trust are …

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 …

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 …

, we show that more trust in a relationship is associated with higher idiosyncratic investment by suppliers and better part … relationships involving higher trust, buyers are able to induce higher investment and more intense competition among suppliers - but …

behavior of students and the general population in a trust experiment. We find very similar behavioral patterns for the two …

We explore the determinants and effects of trust relationships between upstream suppliers and downstream producers … different measures of supplier-buyer trust, that higher levels of trust mitigate relationship-specific underinvestment in a … classical hold-up situation. Moreover, contrary to the extant literature, we show that higher levels of supplier's trust are …

data from a survey focusing on these, we show that more trust, the belief that the trading partner acts to maintain the …