We show that the standard trust question routinely used in social capital research is importantly related to … others' cooperation. We find that the standard trust question is a proxy for cooperation preferences rather than beliefs … trust question, is also related to cooperation behavior but operates through beliefs rather than preferences. …

felt they would be rewarded for their effort. There was a high level of trust in these relationships and this was built on …

trust can deepen our understanding of some of the conditions that promote the entrepreneurial discovery of profit …

Which kind of social capital fosters the diffusion of development-oriented trust? This paper carries out an empirical …), and different forms of trust (knowledge-based trust, social trust, trust towards public services and political … the main factors fostering the diffusion of social trust among entrepreneurs are the perception that the local community …

of social capital - especially questions concerning generalized trust or generalized morality - are strongly and …

This paper studies the effect of two place-based policies implemented in Cali, Colombia on social capital and trust. We … use the CaliBRANDO survey to account for institutional and interpersonal trust, matching neighborhood of residence and … that measure trust. We nd that the organized sport policy improves institutional trust by about 4%. Our results are …

This paper presents evidence that generalized trust promotes health. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European … in trust across countries of ancestry. There is a significant positive estimate of ancestral trust in explaining …. Individuals with higher ancestral trust are also less likely to be hampered by health problems in their daily life, providing …

There are multiple dimensions of trust. The standard meaning I call strategic trust. But more important is moralistic … trust, which does not stem from experience, but rather is learned early in life and is largely stable over time. Moralistic … trust leads people to do good works such as contributing to charity and volunteering time and to be more tolerant toward …