Political Identity and Trust

Hernández, Pablo; Minor, Dylan

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“…In addition to controlling for SES, we controlled for other socio-demographic and ideological factors likely to affect trust, such as marital status, religion, and political orientation. In this regard, previous research has found that individuals’ political ideology can modulate their trust ( Hernandez and Minor, 2015 ) and that propensity to trust others is greater among married men and women ( Lindström, 2012 ) and non-religious people ( Berggren and Bjørnskov, 2011 ). In addition, given that the increase in unemployment is one of the most important consequences of the economic crisis in Spain ( López-Jiménez and Renes, 2011 ), we also included this variable in the regression equations.…”

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Do Economic Crises Always Undermine Trust in Others? The Case of Generalized, Interpersonal, and In-Group Trust

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After the global economic collapse triggered by the Great Recession, there has been an increased interest in the potential psychological implications of periods of economic decline. Recent evidence suggests that negative personal experiences linked to the economic crisis may lead to diminished generalized trust (i.e., the belief that most of the people of the society are honest and can be trusted). Adding to the growing literature on the psychological consequences of the economic crisis, we propose that the perceived personal impact of the economic crisis not only would undermine generalized trust but also may lead to increased interpersonal trust (i.e., directed to specific and close people) and depersonalized in-group trust [i.e., directed to individuals who, while strangers, belong to the same group (e.g., social class)]. Across three studies (N = 1379), we tested these central hypotheses and ascertained whether the perceived personal impact of the crisis would predict these types of trust (assessed using questionnaire and behavioral measures) independent of individuals’ socioeconomic status. Non-experimental data from Study 1 revealed that a higher perceived personal impact of the crisis is related to lower levels of generalized trust and higher levels of interpersonal trust. These effects were independent of participants’ socioeconomic status. Non-experimental data from Study 2 replicated the findings obtained in Study 1 and also showed a positive association between the perceived personal impact of the crisis and depersonalized in-group trust. This pattern of results emerged even after controlling for socioeconomic status, gender, age, political orientation, religiosity, and unemployment status. In Study 3, using an experimental design, we found that the salience of a possible economic downturn led to decreased generalized trust and increased interpersonal and depersonalized in-group trust – independently of socioeconomic status – compared with the control condition. These results challenge the conventional wisdom that economic crises invariably undermine trust in others. The implications of the present research as well as future research directions are discussed.

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“…Exploring these effects is a topic for future research. such as those of Hernandez and Minor (2015) indicate that the increase in trust resulting from the knowledge that one's associate shares one's political affiliation is very much smaller than the decrease in trust resulting from the knowledge that one's associate has a different political affiliation. In this case, our results correspond to a negative externality: the promotion of a partisan culture increases trade costs.…”

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“…The electorate is now highly partisan (Brewer, 2005;Iyengar and Westwood, 2015;Perez-Truglia and Cruces, 2017), and inter-city differences in party strength are reinforced by pressure to conform to the local majority (Perez-Truglia, 2018). Experimental results indicate that interpersonal trust between Republicans and Democrats is much lower than trust within each group (Hernandez and Minor, 2015;Carlin and Love, 2018). In this environment, it is possible that arbitrage between cities becomes more difficult when one of the producers / retailers is from a strongly Republican city while the other is from a strongly Democrat city, or when one city is culturally "southern" and the other culturally "northern".…”

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E pluribus unum? Political fractionalization and deviations from the law of one price in the USA

Antonini¹,

Fielding

Pires

2021

Oxford Economic Papers

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The magnitude of deviations from the Law of One Price (LOP) across cities depends on a number of characteristics, including language differences, distance, and other correlates of trade costs. We show that in the USA, political differences between cities are an equally important determinant of LOP deviations. LOP deviations are smaller if the cities are both strongly Democrat or both strongly Republican. These effects are of a similar order of magnitude to those of distance, and suggest that political differences represent a substantial barrier to competition.

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“…Existing articles examine the different factors that might influence confidence in institutions. Some examine the link between democracy and trust (see Anderson and Guillory 1997), while others discuss the trust among individuals and link it to partisan identities (see Hernandez and Minor 2015). Given the recentness of the subject, only a handful of articles mention the link that might exist between social identity 13 and confidence in institutions during or post Arab Spring.…”

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Social identity, confidence in institutions, and youth: Evidence from the Arab Spring

Fakih

Khayat

2022

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective During the political transition, people lose their confidence in their leaders, faith in the so‐called “democratic” elections, and no longer trust their political institutions. The issue of trust in institutions is highly regarded in social sciences research, as it reflects people's perceptions and valuation of how well their institutions are functioning. Therefore, the main objective of this article is to investigate the case of the Middle East and North African Region following the Arab Spring uprisings that began in 2011. Specifically, the relationship between youth self‐perception identity and confidence in various institutions is examined in the post‐Arab Spring era. Method We use a microlevel data set extracted from the SAHWA Youth Survey conducted in 2016. The sample consists of around 10,000 randomly and nationally representative youth aged 15 to 29 years. The survey includes 2000 observations from Lebanon, 1970 observations from Egypt, 2000 from Tunisia, and 2036 and 1854 from Algeria and Morocco, respectively. The empirical analysis is carried out through the ordered probit model. Results Controlling for a comprehensive set of socioeconomic characteristics, we find that religious associations are not confined to people who belong to an Arab, global, national, or even religious identity. Young people who identify with citizens of the world only seem to confide in the police. Additionally, Arab identity is correlated with absolute positive confidence in the elections. Coherent with previous literature, we note that a nationalistic identity increases politicians’ and administrations’ confidence despite the domestic turmoil. We also find that religious identity is negatively correlated with all institutions except elections, including religious associations. Conclusion This research highlights that policies that are up‐to‐date and secure gender equality may create a modernist atmosphere that allows people to retrieve trust and confidence in the institutions and administrations in the countries.

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Political Identity and Trust

Cited by 10 publications

References 40 publications

Do Economic Crises Always Undermine Trust in Others? The Case of Generalized, Interpersonal, and In-Group Trust

Do Economic Crises Always Undermine Trust in Others? The Case of Generalized, Interpersonal, and In-Group Trust

E pluribus unum? Political fractionalization and deviations from the law of one price in the USA

Social identity, confidence in institutions, and youth: Evidence from the Arab Spring

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