-equity capital in the largest commercial bank but only after extinguishing old equity claims. The Swedish government issued a system …. In one bank, where equity-holders refused to participate, the government took over the bank and split it into a “good … ago was preceded by a broad relaxation of bank lending standards, followed by a dramatic increase bank lending, decline in …

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 …

. Managers of former collective farms together with regional government authorities had strong incentives to secure their status …

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 …

Consumer confidence indicators(CCI) serve as a veritable tool for providing useful information to policy makers …

Voters would be better off if they removed politicians offering low-quality government by pursuing populist policies … and re-elected those who improved government quality with sustainable policies. In many political contexts, including … against those governments, no voter has an incentive to select politicians who promise high-quality government. By the same …

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 …