, vaccine hesitancy during the pandemic has been closely related to people's trust in their governments given governments …. Social capital, in this context, refers to community trust, collaboration, and engagement that create social bonds between … for institutional trust (especially trust in the medical system). However, this general association between trust in other …

high growth, but based on a simple stylized model of government behavior the expectation is that mainly high trust … countries provides support for this expectation. The difference in fiscal policies depending on government trust levels may help … explaining why better governed countries have been found to have less severe business cycles. It suggests that trust and …

We examine whether a corruption scandal in which the incumbent is implicated undermines trust in local government. We …, and data on the level of trust expressed in local politicians drawn from a new survey conducted in late 2009. We use … matching methods to improve the identification of the effect of corruption scandals on trust, comparing municipalities affected …

&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 …

a sign of trust and concern for the employees' well-being or as enhanced monitoring. Both interpretations can explain …

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 …

levels of trust and reduced social activity in post-reunification Germany. We also find substantial and long-lasting economic …