those with free and fair elections, voters do the opposite. Low social trust can account for this paradox: voters must act … collectively to shape political incentives, but low trust among voters is an obstacle to collective action. If every voter believes … logic, low social trust prevents voters from sanctioning politicians who renege on their promises. Frequent reneging on …

This paper studies the effect of two place-based policies implemented in Cali, Colombia on social capital and trust. We … use the CaliBRANDO survey to account for institutional and interpersonal trust, matching neighborhood of residence and … that measure trust. We nd that the organized sport policy improves institutional trust by about 4%. Our results are …

empirical assessment of how online networking affects two economically relevant aspects of social capital, i.e. trust and … participation in SNSs such as Facebook and Twitter has a positive effect on face-to-face interactions. However, social trust … of trust. …

Which kind of social capital fosters the diffusion of development-oriented trust? This paper carries out an empirical …), and different forms of trust (knowledge-based trust, social trust, trust towards public services and political … the main factors fostering the diffusion of social trust among entrepreneurs are the perception that the local community …

Social capital is often represented by generalized trust - the degree to which one trusts "most (unknown) people". It … particularized trust, which represents our mutual confidence in individuals close to us, for example, family members and friends … trust types. Our results advocate in favour of a third, community determined type of trust. This additional trust dimension …