How Does Social Trust Lead to Better Governance?: An Attempt to Separate Electoral and Bureaucratic Mechanisms

Christian Bjørnskov

doi:10.1007/s11127-009-9522-z

How Does Social Trust Lead to Better Governance? An Attempt to Separate Electoral and Bureaucratic Mechanisms

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Abstract

This paper explores questions related to the association between social trust and governance. In particular, the paper explores whether the trust-governance association is mainly a reflection of political responsiveness to the demands of the electorate or of the supply of honest politicians and bureaucrats. After outlining some simple theory, the findings suggest that the association reflects a causal influence of both types of trust on institutions of economic-judicial governance while electoral institutions are not associated with social trust. Assessed at the sample mean, the value of social trust under high political competition as evaluated by the compensating income variation is substantial.

Original language	English
Journal	Public Choice
Volume	144
Issue	1-2
Pages (from-to)	323-346
Number of pages	24
ISSN	0048-5829
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-009-9522-z
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

Trust
Governance
Transmission mechanisms

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