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. …

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