Previous studies have found that generalized trust positively affects innovation at the country and regional level. We … extend this literature by arguing that there are four reasons to believe that the trust-innovation relationship is … heterogeneous across geographic space. First, there is a saturation effect where regions in the lower half of the trust distribution …

This paper presents evidence on causal influence of happiness on social capital and trust using German Socio … endogeneity problem, the paper finds that happier people trust others more, and importantly, help create more social capital …

personality traits of their children. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes, the Big Five personality traits and …

We study how the stringency of policy measures to counter the COVID-19 pandemic affects individuals' trust in formal … trust in institutions. We present empirical evidence to argue that the underlying mechanism is a perceived illegitimate … attack on civil liberties, reducing trust in the judiciary in particular. This effect is concentrated in the period from …

academic team, composed of Friedrich L. Sell and Martin Reidelhuber, worked on the theoretical basics of "trust" and "social … "trust" and "social capital" among the students who responded. Also, we could compare many of our results with the results …: Both interrogated groups apparently have more trust in abstract (governmental and non-governmental) institutions than in …

Research on "trust" now forms a prominent part of the research agenda in history and the social sciences. Although this … research has generated useful insights, the idea of trust has been used so widely and loosely that it risks creating more … confusion than clarity. This essay argues that to the extent that scholars have a clear idea of what trust actually means, the …

social capital as measured by interpersonal and institutional trust in post-reunification Germany. We estimate the economic …

This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with … country, those whose father was born in a more democratic country express higher trust than those whose father was born in a …