People vary in the degree to which they experience disgust toward—and, consequently,
avoid—cues to pathogens. Prodigious work has measured this variation and observed that it …

Trust in state institutions is a prominent explanation of social trust. However, previous—
mainly cross-sectional—analyses provide limited causal evidence regarding the relationship …

" This Handbook covers social and political trust. Essays cover the foundations of both types
of trust, whether they have common or different roots. The Handbook includes essays on …

By utilizing the natural experiment of migration, this article attempts to answer whether
generalized trust in other people is the result of cultural heritage or institutional quality …

Two separate literatures suggest that corruption and social trust, respectively, are related to
economic growth, although the strengths of the relationships, and the direction of causality …

The underrepresentation of females on corporate boards is an important ethical issue that
raises serious concerns about gender equality in senior management teams. Relying on a …

Survey institutes recently have changed their measurement of generalized trust from the
standard dichotomous scale to an 11-point scale. Additionally, numerous survey institutes …

According to a popular version of social capital theory, civic engagement should produce
generalized trust among citizens. We put this theory to the test by examining the causal …

Most modern welfare states offer an extensive array of services and benefits that are wholly
or partly financed by tax revenue. One missing link in explaining the long-run sustainability …

Given the positive societal consequences of social trust and the exceptional high levels of
trust found in the Nordic countries, there is a growing interest in the background for Nordic …