Trust and growth: a shaky relationship

By Niclas Berggren, Mikael Elinder, Henrik Jordahl. 2008

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Economic freedom, culture, and growth (2011, background): “The link between higher trust societies and economic growth is well-documented, citing the impact on transaction and monitoring costs as one of the main mechanisms through which trust matters (Landa 1994; Fukuyama 1996; Knack and Keefer 1997; La Porta et al. 1997; Woolcock 1998; Zak and Knack 2001 ;”
Is tolerance good or bad for growth? (2010, unknown): “8 On trust, see, e.g., Zak and Knack (2001), Beugelsdijk et al. (2004), Berggren et al. (2008) and Dincer and”
Is the importance of religion in daily life related to social trust? Cross-country and cross-state comparisons (2011, background): “As measured by the share of a population that answers that most people can be trusted when asked the question “In general, do you think most people can be trusted or can’t you be too careful?”, it is related to many desired economic and political outcomes, such as higher economic growth (Knack and K”
Does Economic Freedom Foster Tolerance (2013, methodology): “26 For arguments in favor of using LTS, see Temple (1999) and Sturm and de Haan (2005). mediators in the relationship between economic freedom and tolerance (based on, e.g., Berggren 1999, Berggren et al. 2008 and Bergh and Nilsson 2010), while all other controls are seen as confounders.”
The productivity of trust (2015, background): “…only hinted at what the transmission mechanisms are.1 Whereas the evidence that trust affects level and growth of output is convincing, it is not clear whether its impact 1 A partial exception is Berggren et al. (2008), who find that the trust-growth association is somewhat shaky in the medium run.”
Is trust the missing root of institutions, education, and development? (2013, background): “…of culture – social trust, defined, for instance by Guiso et al. (2008) as the propensity of a population o trust other people whom they do not know Berggren et al. (2008) and Beugelsdijk et al. (2004), in extreme bounds analysis, also only find weak support for education as an important growth…”
Is Social Capital a Good Concept? (2012, unknown): “While some of the early results in the literature have been discarded by more thorough research, other findings, not least the effects on economic growth rates, have proved to be robust and highly important (cf. Knack and Keefer 1997; Whiteley 2000; Beugelsdijk et al. 2004; Berggren et al. 2008).”