Trust beliefs are heterogeneous across individuals and, at the same time, persistent across generations. We investigate … one mechanism yielding these dual patterns: false consensus. In the context of a trust game experiment, we show that … individuals extrapolate from their own type when forming trust beliefs about the same pool of potential partners - i.e., more …

trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the home and … individual trust. Our results indicate that trust in the home country contributes to the trust of second generation immigrants in … crime rate, economic inequality, race inequality and segregation by country of origin, also affect trust. Evidence for first …

questions in the context of a trust game by asking participants directly about their notions of cheating. We find that: i) both … parties to a trust exchange have implicit notions of what constitutes cheating even in a context without promises or messages …; ii) these notions are not unique - the vast majority of senders would feel cheated by a negative return on their trust …

and motivating. The challenge for providers is to build trust and convince the target group of these benefits through an …

collectivism, in line with recent advances in biology and neuro-science. The effect of culture on long-run growth remains very …We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth …

-context culture. …