Social trust is linked to many desirable economic and social outcomes, but the causality between trust and institutions … institutions and norms (such as corruption perceptions, average trust levels and various aspects of economic freedom) on social … trust. The results suggest that individual trust suffers in countries with high corruption, low trust and low legal quality …

Social trust is linked to many desirable economic and social outcomes, but the causality between trust and institutions … institutions and norms (such as corruption perceptions, average trust levels and various aspects of economic freedom) on social … trust. The results suggest that individual trust suffers in countries with high corruption, low trust and low legal quality …

exceptionalism: Sweden became rich because of well-functioning capitalist institutions, and inequality was low before the expansion …

We use the Economic Freedom Index (Gwartney, Lawson and Norton 2008) to characterise the institutions of ancient Athens …

that trigger migration. People may well want to stay in or move to relatively poor countries if institutions are good …, partly because good institutions have an intrinsic value for people and partly because good institutions may be a sign of … levels, we find that institutional quality matters significantly for migration. Poor institutions act as a push factor, while …

exceptionalism: Sweden became rich because of well-functioning capitalist institutions, and inequality was low before the expansion …

We use the Economic Freedom Index (Gwartney, Lawson and Norton 2008) to characterise the institutions of ancient Athens …