median real GDP growth falls abruptly. Our work is the first to formally test for threshold effects in the relationship … between public debt and median real GDP growth. The null hypothesis of no threshold effect is rejected at the 5 percent … threshold for economic growth may exist around a relatively small debt-to-GDP ratio of 30 percent. Empirical results are more …

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 …

Scandinavian, and British models. The role of trust in securing micro and macro flexibility also receives attention, leading to the …

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 …

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. Second, when initial levels of growth come into play in determining …

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 …