Journal
ECONOMICS LETTERS
Volume 199, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109700
Keywords
COVID-19; Trust; Belief in others' trustworthiness
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71673152]
- National Social Science Foundation of China [20AZD044]
- Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province [tsqn201909013]
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The study found that the COVID-19 pandemic reduces trust behavior, with belief in others' trustworthiness being one potential mechanism underlying this effect.
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. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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