online messages and the decline in political trust around the world. To evaluate this claim causally, we implement a variant … of the well-known trust game in a survey experiment with 4,800 respondents in Brazil and Mexico. Our design allows to … test the effect of social media on trust and trustworthiness. Survey respondents alternate as agents (politicians) and …

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 …

Does exposure to crises reduce the citizens' trust in a country's president? Are individuals willing to accept fiscal … second wave a year later during the pandemic. Results provide no evidence of a decline in trust after the individual's health … for understanding how voters' experience with COVID affects their trust in the government and whether crises could be …

affect trust among those who do not participate. We assess the effect of an informational campaign about these programs in … government performance and political trust. Effects are larger for individuals with ex ante more negative views about the local … participatory interventions on trust, and the literature that evaluates the role of information. The results suggest that …

their trust in the government more than those who received a "negative" treatment (showing that the government was under …-performing). The evidence highlights that the channel between transparency and trust may be mediated by the performance of the …

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 …

. Voters prefer spending with certain and immediate benefits when they have low trust in electoral promises and high discount … win elections in settings with low trust and high impatience. An original survey of individual-level preferences for … model-derived hypotheses. Respondents reporting low trust in politician promises are more likely to prefer transfers to …

online messages and the decline in political trust around the world. To evaluate this claim causally, we implement a variant … of the well-known trust game in a survey experiment with 4,800 respondents in Brazil and Mexico. Our design allows to … test the effect of social media on trust and trustworthiness. Survey respondents alternate as agents (politicians) and …

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 …