the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …We document that trust in public institutions--and particularly trust in banks, business and government--has declined … sector. Finally, analysis of several repeated cross-sections of confidence within U.S. states yields similar qualitative …

In a cross-section of countries, government regulation is strongly negatively correlated with social capital. We … model is that individuals in low trust countries want more government intervention even though the government is corrupt. We … government's role, as well as on changes in beliefs and in trust during the transition from socialism …

experimental data from Canada show that wallets are far more likely to be returned, even by strangers in large cities, than people …

maximum sentences and separately by race. If the coefficient estimates on the exposure time term differ by race, then there is …