the largest platform, we demonstrate that a misconduct-driven decline of trust in traditional banking is associated with a …We study the impact of trust on the expansion of online lending in the U.S. over the 2008-2016 period. Using data from … statistically and economically significant increase in online lending at the state level. To the contrary, increased social trust …

We explore dynamic linkages between financial/banking sector openness, financial sector competition, and growth. We … competition/performance and financia1 sector openness (meaning foreign bank access to domestic markets), and between growth and …