and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce … compared to no enforcement. We also find that social heterogeneity lowers average trust and induces ingroup favouritism in … trust. Finally, we find consistent evidence of peer effects: higher levels of peer compliance raise future compliance and …

We use the trust and the dictator games to explore the effects of religious identity on trust, trustworthiness …

We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, in which trust increases efficiency and thus allows … higher growth of the experimental economy in the future. We find that trust is initially high in a treatment starting with … equal endowments, but decreases over time. In a treatment with unequal endowments, trust is initially lower yet remains …

determinants of cooperative behavior. We provide evidence indicating that the well-being maximizing level of trust is above the … income maximizing level. Higher trust is also linked to more cooperative and pro-social behaviors, including the private …

, existing theories rooted in market failure and government failure have focused on various forms of trust, but have paid little … attention to fear. We test how fear and trust shape demand for government regulation by drawing on especially precise measures … fear of contracting the virus is directly related to greater demand for regulation. In addition, the impact of trust is …

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