Polarization on Trust in Partisan and Independent Institutions: Evidence from Three Decades of Cabinet Shifts in Europe

• In Event: Censorship, Institutions, and Trust

Brief Overview

We study the impact of party polarization on political trust and
satisfaction with democracy using 138 cabinet shifts in 27 European countries over three decades using a differences-in-differences approach.

Authors

• Luis Guirola, Bank of Spain

• Gonzalo Rivero, Independent Researcher