Trust, risk and time preferences: evidence from survey data

Giuseppe Albanese, Guido de Blasio and Paolo Sestito

International Review of Economics, 2017, vol. 64, issue 4, No 5, 367-388

Abstract: Abstract The paper shows that time preferences and risk preferences are key covariates of self-reported trust. They both predict negatively a measure of generalized trust; however, risk aversion is positively correlated with an index of particularized trusting behaviour (which refers to the circle of known people).

Keywords: Trust; Preferences; Survey data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 D8 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s12232-017-0282-7

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