Research examining the effect of weak punishment on conformity indicates that punishment can backfire and lead to … of social norms and their interplay with weak punishment in the context of a trust game. Across six conditions, we …’ conformity can have detrimental effects. In additional experiments, we show that this negative effect can be attributed to the …

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 …

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 …

Institutions are important for proper economic performance, but are replaceable by trust or other social norms. We show … that when proper institutions and trust are missing, integrity of the individuals can replace them. We construct a model of …) trust, or (3) integrity, foster economic growth. We construct data of economic performance of social groups in Lebanon …

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 …

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

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