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Culture or Institutions? A Quasi-Experiment on the Origins of Political Trust among Russian Immigrants in Europe

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  • Anna E. Shaleva

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Political trust is an essential ingredient for the functioning of democracies. Cultural theory hypothesizes that trust in political institutions originates in deeply rooted and long-standing cultural norms, which are transmitted through early-life socialization and thus are exogenous to political institutions. By contrast, institutional theory views political trust as a direct consequence of institutional performance. This paper studies political trust in Europe within a quasi-experimental framework of migration. Results using European Social Survey data by itself or merged with the Integrated Values Surveys suggest that Russian-born migrants exposed to Western European institutions have higher probability of political trust than Russian-born migrants in Eastern Europe.

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  • Anna E. Shaleva, 2016. "Culture or Institutions? A Quasi-Experiment on the Origins of Political Trust among Russian Immigrants in Europe," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 172(3), pages 454-474, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:mhr:jinste:urn:sici:0932-4569(201609)172:3_454:coiaqo_2.0.tx_2-2
    DOI: 10.1628/093245616X14617619218701
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    • H8 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues
    • P50 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - General
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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