The corrosive effect of corruption on trust in politicians

Empirical studies do not provide a univocal answer about the effects of corruption on political attitudes and behaviour. Focusing on the relationship between corruption and political trust, in this article we explore whether real-world corruption scandals have a negative causal effect on trust in po...

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Autores: Ares, Macarena|||0000-0002-8156-9498, Hernández, Enrique|||0000-0002-9219-9293
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Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Corruption
Natural experiment
Trust in politicians
Political support
Scandals
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The corrosive effect of corruption on trust in politicians
evidence from a natural experiment
title The corrosive effect of corruption on trust in politicians
spellingShingle The corrosive effect of corruption on trust in politicians
Ares, Macarena|||0000-0002-8156-9498
Corruption
Natural experiment
Trust in politicians
Political support
Scandals
title_short The corrosive effect of corruption on trust in politicians
title_full The corrosive effect of corruption on trust in politicians
title_fullStr The corrosive effect of corruption on trust in politicians
title_full_unstemmed The corrosive effect of corruption on trust in politicians
title_sort The corrosive effect of corruption on trust in politicians
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ares, Macarena|||0000-0002-8156-9498
Hernández, Enrique|||0000-0002-9219-9293
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Hernández, Enrique|||0000-0002-9219-9293
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Corruption
Natural experiment
Trust in politicians
Political support
Scandals
topic Corruption
Natural experiment
Trust in politicians
Political support
Scandals
description Empirical studies do not provide a univocal answer about the effects of corruption on political attitudes and behaviour. Focusing on the relationship between corruption and political trust, in this article we explore whether real-world corruption scandals have a negative causal effect on trust in politicians; whether the impact of scandals decays over time; and whether corruption scandals have a weaker impact among the supporters of the party involved in the scandal. We address these questions through a natural experiment generated by the coincidence of the uncovering of a corruption scandal in Spain (the Bárcenas scandal) and the fieldwork of the European Social Survey. Given that the day at which survey interviews were conducted is as-if random, the uncovering of the scandal represents a unique opportunity to assess the causal effect of corruption on individuals' trust in politicians. The results indicate that: (i) the corruption scandal had a substantial negative effect on trust in politicians; (ii) the effect of the scandal was stronger in the days following its disclosure; (iii) the effect of the scandal was independent from individuals' partisan preferences.
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