This paper estimates the effect of trust on internet use by studying the general population as well as second … generation immigrants in 29 European countries with ancestry in 87 nations. There is a significant positive effect of trust on … internet use. The positive trust effect is not universal to all media, as individuals with high trust are shown to consume less …

This paper estimates the influence of trust on self-assessed health. Second generation immigrants in a broad set of … European countries with ancestry from across the world are studied. There is a significant positive effect of trust on … which trust creates desirable outcomes. Individuals with high trust feel healthier. As health may promote a more productive …

This paper estimates the intergeneration transmission of trust by studying second generation immigrants in 29 European … countries with ancestry in 87 nations. There is significant transmission of trust on the mother’s side. The transmission is … stronger in Northern Europe. Ancestry from more developed countries suggests a stronger transmission of trust, but the …

We show that the standard trust question routinely used in social capital research is importantly related to … internet in Denmark and find that the trust question is a proxy for cooperation preferences rather than beliefs about others … recently proposed alternative to the “trust question”, is also related to cooperation behavior but operates through beliefs …

anonymous, such markets perform poorly: sellers are not trustworthy, and buyers do not trust sellers. If sellers are …, we find that competition, coupled with some minimal information, eliminates the trust problem almost completely. …

driven by trust. With flexible prices, we observe low prices and high quality in competitive (oligopolistic) markets, and …

Arguing that consumers are the carriers of firms’ reputations, we examine the role of consumer networks for trust in …' incentives for reputation building and, thus, enhances trust and efficiency in markets. This efficiency-enhancing effect is …