transmission tends to be biased toward excessively conservative priors. As a result, societies can be trapped in a low-trust … equilibrium. In this context, a temporary shock to the return to trusting can have a permanent effect on the level of trust. We …

Using a sample of Harvard undergraduates, we analyze trust and social capital in two experiments. Trusting behavior and … questions about trust predict trustworthiness not trust. Only children are less trustworthy. People behave in a more trustworthy …