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 …

This paper explores the role of religion in mitigating the degree to which unemployment reduces subjective well … method to tease out a causal relation between religion and well-being. We find that religion acts as a buffer: Unemployed …

into either Muslim or Hindu, guaranteeing exogenous variation in religion concordance between messenger and recipient … misconceptions are observed only when there is religion concordance and mainly for religious-salient misconceptions. Correcting …

policies is highly dependent on their trust in the government's capability to implement solutions and commitment to investments … in those policies. Using novel survey data from Mexico City, we show that trust in the government is positively …

and political trust both lead to fiscal policy preferences that constrain effective redistribution. Electoral …

I study a multi-sender signaling game between an uninformed decision maker and two senders with common private …

of procyclical policy. Previous work also explores how trust in politicians influences fiscal policy preferences. We find …