Social trust is linked to many desirable economic and social outcomes, but the causality between trust and institutions … institutions and norms (such as corruption perceptions, average trust levels and various aspects of economic freedom) on social … trust. The results suggest that individual trust suffers in countries with high corruption, low trust and low legal quality …

Social trust is linked to many desirable economic and social outcomes, but the causality between trust and institutions … institutions and norms (such as corruption perceptions, average trust levels and various aspects of economic freedom) on social … trust. The results suggest that individual trust suffers in countries with high corruption, low trust and low legal quality …

This paper intends to analyze the foundations of trust in a context of bounded rationality. Building on previous work …, we show how bounded rationality provides a rationale for the concept of trust that goes beyond the common calculative … notion. We show that there are four types of trust, and that people assess probabilities (with some fuzziness, in the context …

The intention to “invest” in the Trust Game in extensive form revealed by a move could conceal different motivations … embedded in the trust game: 1) an “investment” motive - conditional cooperation is a way to express the expectation of … measures of trust and trustworthiness. In this paper, we will then be using the “words” of answers to a questionnaire in order …

This paper examines the concepts of trust and trustworthiness in the context of a one-sided variation of the prisoner … on the creation of incentives to induce cooperation, this paper articulates a paradox of trust in that if one trusts … gives trust its very meaning. The paper explores the implications of trust when understood to exist at two levels -- one in …

television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust … in television to be the most significant predictor of trust in the Italian prime minister. The latter is also strongly … and negatively correlated with trust in the judicial system and tolerance towards immigrants. …

neighbors in the social network, can exert effort to manipulate the trust of others, and update their opinions about some common …. We show that manipulation can modify the trust structure and lead to a connected society. Manipulation fosters opinion …

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 …

This paper estimates the intergenerational transmission of trust by studying second generation immigrants in 29 … European countries with ancestry in 87 nations. There is significant transmission of trust on the mother's side. The … transmission is stronger in Northern Europe. Ancestry from more developed countries suggests a stronger transmission of trust, but …