Political Assassination, Elite Cues, and Trust in Civilian and Security Institutions: A Quasi-Experiment from Tunisia

• In Event: Quasi-experiments on Public Attitudes in MENA

Brief Overview

use survey data and news articles to look at the effect of political assassination on trust in civilian and security institutions. The results confirm the rally-around-the-flag hypothesis and contradict elite cueing and accountability theories.

Author

• Mohamed Dhia Hammami, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University