This paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific … reduces the government's cost of implementing a policy and may also increase the set of feasible policies. Thus, state … capacity is greater when citizens trust their government. The paper discusses alternative approaches to modelling the origins …

preferences as our measure of polarization. Political polarization is strongly associated with smaller government in democratic … countries, but there is no relationship between polarization and the size of government in undemocratic countries. The results … ; social cohesion ; size of government ; redistribution …

We document that trust in public institutions - and particularly trust in banks, business and government - has declined … the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …"We document that trust in public institutions-and particularly trust in banks, business and government-has declined …