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Economic performance, income inequality and political trust: new evidence from a cross-national study of 14 Asian countries

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  • Daewoo Lee
  • Chae Young Chang
  • Hyunkang Hur

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Political trust is a fundamental bedrock for a political system to work. The “trust-as-evaluation” approach has identified an individual’s perceived evaluation of economic performance and income inequality as critical determinants of political trust. Another stream of research has argued that macro-level factors, measured by macroeconomic indicators or GINI index, are correlated with political trust. To date, only a few empirical studies have questioned how macro-level performance interacts with those at the micro-level, namely, individuals’ subjective evaluations. Existing empirical studies mainly focus on Europe with little attention to Asia. To fill a gap in the literature, we extend the “trust-as-evaluation approach” to the Asian context, employing a multilevel analysis using the Asian Barometer Survey’s fourth wave. This study identifies that: (i) an individual’s perception of their economic well-being or inequality is the critical determinant of political trust; (ii) macro-level economic performance has an unclear and mixed effect on political trust; and (iii) instead, macro-level income inequality functions as a moderator between the relationship between perceived income inequality and political trust.

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  • Daewoo Lee & Chae Young Chang & Hyunkang Hur, 2020. "Economic performance, income inequality and political trust: new evidence from a cross-national study of 14 Asian countries," Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(2), pages 66-88, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rapaxx:v:42:y:2020:i:2:p:66-88
    DOI: 10.1080/23276665.2020.1755873
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    1. Konstantin A. Kholodilin & Vyacheslav N. Ovchinnikov & Marina Yu. Malkina & Igor A. Moiseev, 2021. "Two Dimensions of Political Trust in Russia," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1934, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    2. Malkina, Marina Yu. & Ovchinnikov, Vyacheslav N. & Kholodilin, Konstantin A., 2020. "Институциональные Факторы Политического Доверия В Современной России [Institutional Factors Influencing Political Trust in Modern Russia]," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 12(4), pages 77-93.
    3. Thitithep Sitthiyot & Kanyarat Holasut, 2024. "Quantifying fair income distribution in Thailand," Papers 2404.09629, arXiv.org.
    4. Lissitsa, Sabina, 2021. "Effects of digital use on trust in political institutions among ethnic minority and hegemonic group – A case study," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).

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