. Specifically, how trust, confidence and equality matter with regard to tax revenues and tax progressivity. Within this regard, we … achieved strong results linking trust and confidence to higher tax revenues and higher tax progressivity. That is, where trust … in a purely European context, seeks to analyze tax variations within Europe through the lens of cultural variations …

I study the impact of racism on trust in Europe. To operationalize trust and racism, I use individual level responses … racial attitudes, I find, racism continues to predict lower levels of trust. These results provide evidence racism has a … negative, significant, and causal impact on generalized trust. Additionally, the paper supports the notion that racism could …