This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust … and documents the substantial heterogeneity of trust across space and time. The conceptual mechanisms and the methods … employed to identify the causal impact of trust on economic performance are reviewed. We document the mechanisms of …

The paper extends Breggren et al. (2008, EE) on "trust and growth: a shaky relationship" by incorporating recent … developments in the trust-growth literature and using a robust methodological underpinning that accounts for the presence of … documented positive trust-growth nexus is broadly confirmed. Secondly, when initial levels of growth come into play in …

This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions, and economic development. It discusses the various … measures of trust and documents the substantial heterogeneity of trust across space and time. The conceptual mechanisms that … explain the influence of trust on economic performance and the methods employed to identify the causal impact of trust on …

How does international monetary leadership end? This paper examines the decline of the Sterling Area between 1945 and …