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Trust, risk and time preferences: evidence from survey data

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Giuseppe Albanese, Guido de Blasio, Paolo Sestito

In: International Review of Economics 64 (2017), 4, 367-388

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).

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