We examine how the transparency of the European Central Bankś monetary policy affects the amount of trust that the … exerts a non-linear effect on trust. Transparency increases trust, but only up to a certain point; too much transparency … harms trust. This result is robust to controlling for a number of macroeconomic conditions, financial stability transparency …

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the ECB has experienced an unprecedented deterioration in the level of trust …. This raises the question as to what factors determine trust in central banking. We use a unique cross-country dataset which … role in the trust-building process. Our results suggest that agents are boundedly rational in the trust-building process …

Austria, Finland and Sweden became members of the EU in 1995. This paper examines how support for the euro and trust in … in Sweden. Since the start of the crisis, trust in the ECB was strongly influenced by the pronounced increase in … performance of the euro area. Thus, the best way to foster support for the euro and trust in the ECB is to pursue policies aimed …