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Trust in Institutions: A Panel Approach
A longitudinal study tracking how trust in public institutions responds to economic shocks.
- Trust
- Panel Data
Using a multi-country panel, this study asks whether declines in institutional trust are driven by economic performance or by longer-running cultural change.
The identification relies on the differential timing of economic shocks across countries. Early estimates point to a meaningful but temporary effect of downturns on trust.