We document that trust in public institutions - and particularly trust in banks, business and government - has declined … over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in … the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …

This paper explores the determinants of social trust, as measured by perceived honesty, in 48 US states across three … popular alternative theories. The trust decline in recent decades is found to have been a consequence of increasing social … polarization and the natural decline of the most trusting age cohorts. Residual trust has increased since the early 1970s, giving …

actively engage employees to build stronger social networks. -- social capital ; trust ; stress and strain ; gender ; police …