Social trust is linked to many desirable economic and social outcomes, but the causality between trust and institutions … institutions and norms (such as corruption perceptions, average trust levels and various aspects of economic freedom) on social … trust. The results suggest that individual trust suffers in countries with high corruption, low trust and low legal quality …

television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust … in television to be the most significant predictor of trust in the Italian prime minister. The latter is also strongly … and negatively correlated with trust in the judicial system and tolerance towards immigrants. …

background, language and diet to investigate the relationship between cultural identity, trust and cooperation. Subjects with … relatives (especially maternal grandmothers) who originate in the north of Italy, and who share common cultural characteristics …, contributed 15% more in a public goods game, displayed greater "social capital" such as trust in the government and more …

This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with … country, those whose father was born in a more democratic country express higher trust than those whose father was born in a …

For a cross-section of 123 European regions, we find evidence for a positive effect of generalized trust on regional … recent literature on the effects of climate on historic trust levels. The popular explanation for spatial clustering of … be better explained by a positive influence of trust on innovation and spatial clustering of trust. …

This paper presents evidence that generalized trust promotes health. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European … in trust across countries of ancestry. The approach addresses reverse causality and concerns that the trust measure picks … trust in explaining self-assessed health. The finding is robust to accounting for individual, parental, and extensive …