This paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific … implement policies requiring voluntary compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper suggests that trust in government can … capacity is greater when citizens trust their government. The paper discusses alternative approaches to modelling the origins …

The coevolution of trust in government alongside the growth of government is an aspect of research on the latter topic … view of government growth and incorporate the role of trust in government. The negative association of the growth in … government with trust in government is consistent with a political economy model of government growth, rent seeking …

While previous research documents a negative relationship between government size and economic growth, suggesting an … economic cost of big government, a given government size generally affects growth differently in different countries. As a … possible explanation of this differential effect, we explore whether perceived government legitimacy (measured by satisfaction …

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 …

with the (in)effectiveness of a government's healthcare-related responses to past epidemics. We document this mechanism … demonstrating that the loss of political trust is larger for individuals who experienced epidemics under weak governments. Finally …, we report evidence suggesting that the epidemic-induced loss of political trust may discourage electoral participation in …

-European positions. Analysing the mechanisms using survey data, we illustrate that emigrants (stayers) have less (more) trust in right …