Trust

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    Empirics | Financial markets | Political institutions

    Financial Market Exposure Increases Generalized Trust, Particularly Among the Politically Polarized

    Paper

    Posted on 19 April 2024

    By Saumitra Jha

    How can we build trust, especially in polarized societies? We propose that exposure to broad financial markets—where individuals place their assets in the hands of large groups of unfamiliar agents...
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    Electoral politics | Empirics | Political institutions

    The Political Scar of Epidemics

    Paper

    Posted on 15 July 2021

    By Orkun Saka

    What political legacy is bequeathed by national health crises such as epidemics? We show that epidemic exposure in an individual’s “impressionable years” (ages 18 to 25) has a persistent negative...
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