Herreros F. (2012) The state counts: State efficacy and the development of trust. Rationality and Society 24(4): 483-509
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Abstract. Most analyses of the relationship between state institutions and interpersonal trust claim either that the state crowds out trust or that it helps to create trust, acting as a third-party enforcer of agreements. Actually, the relationship between the state and trust is much more complex. This article presents a theoretical model that predicts how trust will evolve in highly efficacious and low-efficacious states.