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 …

policies is highly dependent on their trust in the government's capability to implement solutions and commitment to investments … in those policies. Using novel survey data from Mexico City, we show that trust in the government is positively …

of procyclical policy. Previous work also explores how trust in politicians influences fiscal policy preferences. We find …

. Voters prefer spending with certain and immediate benefits when they have low trust in electoral promises and high discount … win elections in settings with low trust and high impatience. An original survey of individual-level preferences for … model-derived hypotheses. Respondents reporting low trust in politician promises are more likely to prefer transfers to …