Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296467.2 
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Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
Hamburg Discussion Papers in International Economics No. 15
Version Description: 
This version 26 02 2025
Publisher: 
University of Hamburg, Department of Economics, Senior Lecturer in International Economics, Hamburg
Abstract: 
By constructing a unique international database on generalized trust covering 142 countries worldwide for the 41 years from 1980 to 2020, this paper finds a pronounced intertemporal variation of generalized trust over time in a majority of countries across the globe. 3 When analyzing the time series patterns over the last two decades, a significant divergence in generalized trust between OECD and non-OECD economies is found. While the OECD economies saw an increase in generalized trust, the non-OECD economies faced a pronounced decline. In particular, North-Western European and Liberal Market economies drive the increase in trust in OECD economies. In particular, Asian and African economies drive the decline in non-OECD economies. Those countries' decline is responsible for a global decline in trust.
Subjects: 
Generalized Trust
Intertemporal Variation
Stability
Panel Data
Endogeneit
JEL: 
C23
O47
O50
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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