This paper reviews work that tests (1) how formal and informal institutions, and especially
their interaction, affect participation in the shadow economy in transition countries; and (2) …

Purpose Institutional trust is vital for social and economic activity and crucial in reducing
uncertainty for entrepreneurs and society. To shed light on the role of institutional trust on …

Environmental and nature conservation authorities are calling for a collective effort to break
or reduce the current cycle of environmental degradation. Much of the response depends on …

This paper highlights scholarly neglect of political legitimacy, the idea of a state's use of
power in ways acceptable to its citizens. We argue that political legitimacy affects a state's …

Objective Public trust in health systems is pivotal for their effective and efficient functioning.
In particular, public trust is essential for personal data use, as demonstrated in debates in …

The need of further research on the interlink between culture and institutions has been
strongly advocated by economists and institutionalists alike. However, bringing together …

The ambiguous phenomenon of corruption has long been the cause of great theoretical
debate in economics. By using Structural Equation Modelling, with the two types of …

Declining institutional trust is one of the central problems in modern societies. Identifying its
determinants, among which inequality, is fundamental for designing suitable interventions to …

This paper draws on ecology to advance insights on the relationships between formal and
informal institutions. We are interested in observing change in such relationships in different …

The aim of this paper is to measure social capital and determine its effect on economic
development across thirty five European economies from 2017 to 2020. Partial least squares …