Can a major shock in childhood permanently shape trust? We consider a hunger episode in Germany after WWII and … regional and temporal variation. We correlate hunger exposure with measures of trust using data from a nationally … significantly lower levels of trust as adults. This finding highlights that early-life experiences can have long-term effects in …

We conduct a field trust game under a natural experiment context to test the impacts of urbanisation on trust. We … transformation of trust levels among co-villagers and towards outsiders. We test this conjecture in an experimental approach and more … generally, examine whether the urbanisation will produce significant impacts on in-group trust and out-group trust. The research …

We study the interaction between competition and social proximity on altruism, trust, and reciprocity. We decompose the … behavioral channels by utilizing variants of both the Trust Game and the Dictator Game in a design that systematically controls … outcomes thereof when competitors are socially proximate, affect social preferences. Within the context of the Trust Game, we …

incorporates three key dimensions of personal social capital; (i) structural (personal ties), (ii) cognitive (trust) and (iii … argue that tolerance acts as a bridging mechanism between trust and ties in affecting overall wellbeing. Using ordered … improves life satisfaction. Of the social capital indicators, we find that trust in institutions has the largest marginal …

framework proposes that by combining complementary investments in enforcement, facilitation, and trust, reformers can not only … challenge for governments lies in finding the right combination of these three measures-enforcement, facilitation, and trust … analysis, coupled with careful attention to understanding politics and the drivers of trust in particular contexts, to guide …

-behaved statistical properties, and we show that ethnic stratification is empirically related to low levels of trust in other people and …

The "grammar of trust" is one the most explored loci in game theory and behavioural economics. However, still much … needs to be understood about the nature of trust in non-enforceable, personalised interactions, in markets and within … organizations. This experimental study aims at contributing to the understanding of new dimensions of trust by exploring how risky …

The 'grammar of trust' is one of the most explored loci in behavioural and experimental economics. This experimental … study aims at contributing to the understanding of new dimensions of trust by exploring how risky trust may foster a trustee … of risky trust, which generates more trustworthy and reciprocal behaviour in untrustworthy people. …