We examine public trust in the European Central Bank (ECB) and its determinants using data from the Bundesbank … Household Panel survey for Germany. Employing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates insights from political science and … psychology, we offer a fresh perspective on the factors influencing central bank trust that is more holistic than the …

We examine public trust in the European Central Bank (ECB) and its determinants using data from the Bundesbank … Household Panel survey for Germany. Employing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates insights from political science and … psychology, we offer a fresh perspective on the factors influencing central bank trust that is more holistic than the …

We examine how the transparency of the European Central Bankś monetary policy affects the amount of trust that the … Commissionś Eurobarometer survey from 2000-2011 and estimate probit regressions with sample selection. We find that transparency … exerts a non-linear effect on trust. Transparency increases trust, but only up to a certain point; too much transparency …

information search patterns, of German citizens on trust in the ECB. We rely on a unique representative public opinion survey of …, about the ECB foster citizens trust. Specific knowledge about the ECB is more influential than general monetary policy …, especially newspaper reading, has a significantly negative influence on trust. We conclude that the only viable way for the ECB …