The COVID-19 pandemic reduces trust behavior

Jianbiao Li, Yanan Zhang and Xiaofei Niu

Economics Letters, 2021, vol. 199, issue C

Abstract: We conduct an online experiment before and after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in China with four sampling waves and test the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on trust behavior. We find that COVID-19 pandemic reduces trust behavior. Belief in others’ trustworthiness is one potential mechanism underlying the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on trust behavior.

Keywords: COVID-19; Trust; Belief in others’ trustworthiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109700

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