campaign promises, in turn, leads voters to hold low political trust. Low quality government, and in particular populism … government: voters who express low trust are significantly more likely to prefer populist policies that reflect a low quality of …Voters would be better off if they removed politicians offering low-quality government by pursuing populist policies …

for understanding how voters' experience with COVID affects their trust in the government and whether crises could be …Does exposure to crises reduce the citizens' trust in a country's president? Are individuals willing to accept fiscal … second wave a year later during the pandemic. Results provide no evidence of a decline in trust after the individual's health …

control other government branches, merit becomes more incentive-compatible: it enables executives to deprive challengers of … institutionally designed thus shapes their reform prospects: fragmented control over bad government can incentivize good government …

behavioral interventions could affect task compliance and productivity in the public sector. Second, they provide evidence that … and low incentives for task compliance. …

to 2020, and it considers the design features of the rules and information about numerical compliance. It provides … compliance rates across countries, years, and rules. On average, this study finds that compliance with rules aiming to constrain … debt ratios and structural balances is the highest, while compliance with fiscal balance and expenditure rules is the …

The literature has identified that countries with higher levels of openness tend to present a larger government sector … between openness and the size of government might be mediated by the quality of its public sector. While countries with weak … government capabilities will tend to rely on spending expansions to deal with trade-induced volatility, countries with stronger …

observe that corruption significantly decreases government spending on education, R&D and public health in China. We also …. -- Corruption ; China ; Government ; Economic Development ; Inequality ; Environment …