While the beneficial effects of social trust on economic performance have been largely recognized, we analyze whether … regression approach that enables us to capture heterogeneous effects of trust for different development levels. By considering … data for 80 countries, and using trust indicators from five different waves of the World Values Survey (WVS), our results …

While the beneficial effects of social trust on economic performance have been largely recognized, we analyze whether … regression approach that enables us to capture heterogeneous effects of trust for different development levels. By considering … data for 80 countries, and using trust indicators from five different waves of the World Values Survey (WVS), our results …

forms of trust and risk, untransparent social situations and economic, political and cultural globalization. These processes …

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 …

transferring it to companies, we show how reputa­tion, trust, solidarity and norms can be built up as the main drivers for …

Olson's view, we find that members of Putnam-type (Olson-type) associations display more (no more) generalized trust than …

Does market participation promote generalized morality and trust, as postulated by some recent theories? We use … contrary. The short-term effect of market integration appears to be to lower generalized trust. However, this finding is not …

There is a growing concern across the West that diversity (and immigration) has led to a decline in trust and social … University Press, Segregation and Mistrust, I argue that it is not diversity but segregation that drives down trust. I argue that … backgrounds will build trust. There is stronger evidence for Allport's "optimal contacts," where people have deeper and more …

Moral, sondern mehr ethische Kompetenz auf allen Gestaltungsebenen des Wirtschaftens gefordert. (The loss of trust in the … context of the actual crisis is widely deplored. But how deep were the roots of trust after all? This article argues that the … financial system, even in times of well functioning, was affected by deep mistrust, masked by a mere illusion of trust, evolving …