This paper analyzes the intertemporal variation of trust on economic growth. Constructing a unique global country panel … between trust and growth. 2 Thisrelationship corroborates earlier panel data results but challenges findings that posit a … general positive relationship between trust and growth. Only a minority of global economies can attain a position close to or …

Declining general trust has become a serious social issue in China in recent years. This paper attempts to understand … networks, it finds that the evolution of general trust is dependent on changes of the social interaction structure, and the … increases of both social and spatial distance may explain a decrease of the levels of cooperation and general trust. In addition …

” institutions, indicators of monetary stability, and growth rates in representative group of different economies - developed … rates, quality of “economic” institutions, and monetary stability were statistically weak or not significant at studied …

, demography and institutions). Thus, at all stages of development, forcing economic production to spread evenly across areas is … response should be comprehensively total: institutions that unite, infrastructure that connects, interventions that target …

, and about the effects of institutions, social structure, and culture on economic growth. We also outline challenges for …