Open AccessEconomic and other determinants of political trust
Author(s) -
William R. DiPietro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of research in business and social science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2147-4478
DOI - 10.20525/ijrbs.v2i1.58
Subject(s) - politics , democracy , independence (probability theory) , government (linguistics) , economics , blind trust , judicial independence , public economics , political economy , political science , development economics , social psychology , psychology , law , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics
Political trust is important for the effective functioning of government. This paper uses cross country regression analysis to see whether three different measures of economic performance matter for political trust. The results lend support to the hypothesis that political trust is influenced by economic growth, the standard of living, and the appropriate use of government spending. In addition, the paper considers two institutional variables, perceived independence of the judiciary and the degree of democracy to assess their effect on political trust. It finds that perceived judicial independence has a positive effect on political trust, but democracy has a negative effect.