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3. I.
Introduction
•
Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 acted as the starting point of the
most severe financial- and economic crisis, since the Great depression in the 1930’s, for
most advanced economies worldwide (EEAG 2010).
•
Within the EA the financial crisis has culminated into a sovereign debt crisis from 2010
onwards (De Grauwe 2010).
•
To overcome this sovereign debt crisis, fiscal austerity measures in many EA countries
have been implemented throughout the crisis (Corsetti 2012).
•
The severity of implementation of austerity measures has been particularly pronounced
in the periphery countries of the EA, particularly in Greece, Ireland and Portugal
(Theodoropoulou and Watt 2011) as well as Spain (Navarro 2012).
•
Amongst others, these measures have led to a significant increase of unemployment
levels in those four countries.
•
Given the exceptional magnitude of the crisis, this paper analyses the impact of the
crisis on citizens’ trust in their i) national government (NG), ii) national parliament
(NP), iii) European Commission (EC) and iv) European Parliament (EP).
3
5. 2.1
The consequences of citizens declining trust in the national
Government and Parliament – General Arguments
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Sufficient trust is crucial for the legitimacy of a (policy-making) institution. In the
absence of trust this legitimacy is endangered (Kosfeld et al. 2005: 673; Kaltenthaler et
al. 2010: 1262).
Without sufficient trust citizens might commence to undermine the authority of the
(policy-making) institution (Kaltenthaler et al. 2010: 1261). This might ultimately lead
to an abolition of the (policy-making) institution (Giddens 1996: 166).
It would be worrisome for a (policy-making) institution once large numbers of citizens
start to distrust it (Kaltenthaler et al. 2010: 1262).
Concerning citizens trust in the national parliament an abrupt or steady decline of trust
from the long-term trends should be regarded as worrying (Newton 2001: 205).
Without sufficient trust i) citizens will try to hold back tax money, ii) young talented
graduates will not be willing to work for governmental institutions and iii) the overall
compliance with law will decrease (Nye 1997).
Trust in the national government is important for long-term fiscal consolidation of an
economy (Gyorffy 2007, Jonung 2013).
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6. Excourse 1: Application to the current ongoing Euro Area Crisis
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•
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Without sufficient levels of citizens trust in the NG and NP the envisaged and often necessary
structural reforms (a.o. proposed by the Troika) such as labour market, welfare state and higher
education reforms, completion of the single market for services, reforms that aim at stimulating
investments in public and business intangible capital in Greece, Portugal and Spain will not be
successful. However, without reforms no fast fiscal consolidation possible.
The structural reforms should have been implemented in mutual consent (such as in Sweden in the
1990’s) and not in opposition with citizens in the EA’s periphery countries. Citizens will just
boycott implemented measures (hold back their tax money, stop complying with the law, vote
radical parties, participate in social unrest, etc …).
Rapid increase in unemployment rates, amongst others triggered by the implemented austerity
measures, is associated with a significant decline strong negative effect on citizens trust in national
governments and parliaments in EA’s periphery, endangering their political stability and fiscal
consolidation. But also Italy: low levels of trust endanger i) political stability and ii) prospects for
fiscal consolidation.
Vicious Circle: Without political stability private investors will not invest in EA’s periphery,
unemployment will further increase, trust will further decline or remain stagnant, further capital
flight in safe havens (e.g. large German cities).
One key to solving the Euro area crisis and the reestablishment of fiscal consolidation is the
reestablishment of citizens trust in the EA‘s periphery Spain, Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Cyprus but
also Italy.
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7. 2.2
Driving factors of declining trust in national and
European governmental institutions?
• Stevenson and Wolfers (2011) show that unemployment is a key determinant of systemic
trust.
• Literature among popularity functions stress the importance of economic growth,
unemployment and inflation (Nannestad and Paldam 1994: 215-16, Bellucci and LewisBeck 2011: 192-94).
• Roth (2011) shows that a fast increase of Debt per GDP, when banks were aided/bailed
out, lead to a deterioration of citizens trust (e.g. case of Ireland in 2010).
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9. 1. Model specification
The Baseline equation takes the following form:
Trust it = αi + β Unemployment it + Inflation it + Growth it + Debt it + Z it + wit
where i represents each country and t represents each time period. Trust it is the net trust
amount in national and EU institutions for country i during period t. Unemployment it,
Inflation it, Growth it, Debt it and Z it are respectively unemployment, inflation, growth of GDP
per capita and debt per GDP and important control variables, such as electorate dummy
variables for the national institutions and the European Parliament for country i during period
t or indicators of financial stress such as sovereign bond yields. The variable αi represents a
country-specific constant term and wit is the error term. Since we utilise an FGLS estimation
approach, our baseline estimation does not include time dummies as they are incompatible
with FGLS.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel
Evidence for the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute
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10. 2. Research Design and Data
i)
Dependent Variable: Semester data on net trust in the NG, NP, EC and EP between 19992012. Concept of net trust introduced by Gärtner (1997: 488-89).
ii)
Country Sample: 27 European countries (12 EA-countries) from 1999-2012.
iii)
Analysis with estimation via Fixed-Effects DFGLS estimation.
iv)
Structural break in fall 2008 (full sample: 1999-2012; pre-crisis: spring 1999-spring
2008; crisis: autumn 2008-spring 2012)
v)
Data on unemployment, inflation (HICP) and sovereign debt yields from Eurostat
monthly statistics. Data for GDP, population, and debt over GDP from Eurostat quarterly
statistics (interpolated). Data on trust in NG, NP, EC and EP from the bi-annual
Eurobarometer (issued on behalf of EC). Data for election dummy from CEPPS 2011.
vi)
Matching strategy as proposed by Wälti (2012: 597). Correlates as high as 0.99 for
inflation and uneemployment and 0.95 for growth of GDP per capita with semesterly
data.
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12. Figure 1.
Trust in the national government and European Commission in the EU15/27 (1999–2012)
Notes: NG = national government, EC = European Commission. Values are population weighted for the respective country
samples. In 1-2/2009, the special Standard EB 71.1 was used. As the survey item concerning trust in the NG was not included
in Standard EBs 52, 53, 54 or 58, the data for these four observation points respectively are missing. The dashed line
represents the start of the crisis in September 2008 and differentiates the pre-crisis from the crisis period. From 10-11/2004 to
9-10/2006, the EU-27 country sample consists of EU-25 countries excluding Romania and Bulgaria. From 4-5/2007 onwards,
Romania and Bulgaria are included. As the figure depicts net trust, all values above 0 indicate trust by a majority of the
respondents and all values below 0 show a lack of trust by the majority.
Sources: Standard EBs 51-78 and Special EB 71.1.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel
Evidence for the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute.
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13. Figure 2.
Trust in national parliaments and the European Parliament in the EU15/27 (1999–2012)
Notes: NP = national parliament, EP = European Parliament. Values are population weighted for the respective country
samples. In 1-2/2009 the special Standard EB 71.1 was used. As the survey item concerning trust in the NP was not included
in Standard EBs 52, 53 or 58, the data for these three observation points respectively are missing. The dashed line represents
the start of the crisis in September 2008 and differentiates the pre-crisis from the crisis period. From 10-11/2004 to 910/2006, the EU-27 country sample consists of EU-25 countries excluding Romania and Bulgaria. From 4-5/2007 onwards,
Romania and Bulgaria are included. As the figure depicts net trust, all values above 0 indicate trust by a majority of the
respondents and all values below 0 show a lack of trust by the majority.
Sources: Standard EBs 51-78 and Special EB 71.1.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel Evidence
for the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute.
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14. Table 1.
Net trust levels and changes in net trust in the EA12, EU15, NMS12 and EU27 (2008–12)
Trust
Level: 3-5/ 2008
Level: 11/ 2012
Changes: 11/ 2012 – 3-5/ 2008
EA12
NG/NP
-25/-16
-38/-34
-13/-18
EU15
NG/NP
-28/-17
-38/-33
-10/-16
NMS12
NG/NP
-44/-55
-51/-58
-7/-3
EU27
NG/NP
-31/-25
-40/-38
-9/-13
EA12
EC/EP
21/27
-7/-3
-28/-30
EU15
EC/EP
14/19
-10/-8
-24/-27
NMS12
EC/EP
34/38
22/24
-12/-14
EU27
EC/EP
19/23
-4/-1
-23/-24
Sample
Notes: EA = Euro Area, EU = European Union, NMS = New Member States, NG = National Government, NP = National
Parliament, EC = European Commission, EP = European Parliament. Values are population-weighted for the respective
country samples. As the table presents data on net trust, all values above 0 indicate trust by a majority of the respondents and
all values below 0 show a lack of trust by the majority. The periods still reflecting trust by a majority of citizens are shaded in
light grey. Values reflecting the strongest decline are shaded in dark grey.
Sources: Standard EBs 69 and 78.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel
Evidence for the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute.
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15. Excourse 2: Low Levels of Systemic Trust and the Europe 2020 Strategy
i) In the EU citizens levels of systemic trust are too low in most transition countries and
in the Mediterannean countries for a modern economy to function efficiently and
remain competitive.
ii) These low levels of systemic trust, being associated with an overall poor governance
structure, represent a major problem for the competiveness and the long-term growth
prospectives within those countries.
iii) Key priorities of the European 2020 strategy such as higher employabiliy, higher
tertiary graduaton rates, higher business investments in R&D and overall intangible
capital can only be achieved if governance structures are modernized and ameloriated
and sufficient levels of systemic trust are established in transition and Mediterranean
countries.
iv) One key priority for the European 2020 startegy is to ameliorate the governance
structure (higher government efficiency, lower levels of corruption) in the transition
and Mediterranen countries (see here also Gros and Roth 2012).
15
16. Table 2.
Net trust levels and changes in net trust in the EA8 and EA4 and across selected EA12
countries (2008–12)
Sample/
Country
EA4
Levels: 3-5/2008
Levels: 11/2012
Changes: 11/2012 – 3-5/2008
NG/NP
3/10
-72/-72
-75/-82
EA8
NG/NP
-33/-23
-28/-24
5/-1
Spain
NG/NP
20/20
-75/-76
-95/-96
Greece
NG/NP
-31/-2
-84/-80
-53/-78
Portugal
NG/NP
-29/-3
-52/-50
-23/-47
Ireland
NG/NP
-14/-15
-58/-57
-44/-42
Italy
NG/NP
-59/-57
-60/-71
-1/-14
France
NG/NP
-38/-21
-35/-26
3/-5
Germany
NG/NP
-25/-15
-12/-1
13/14
EA4
EC/EP
38/37
-35/-30
-73/-67
EA8
EC/EP
16/22
1/6
-15/-16
Spain
EC/EP
42/46
-41/-41
-83/-87
Greece
EC/EP
13/21
-57/-42
-70/-63
Portugal
EC/EP
42/46
-1/1
-43/-45
Ireland
EC/EP
43/51
3/3
-40/-48
Italy
EC/EP
29/29
-2/1
-31/-28
France
EC/EP
11/19
4/9
-7/-10
Germany
EC/EP
6/18
-4/2
-10/-16
Trust
Notes: EA = euro area, NG = national government, NP = national parliament, EC = European Commission, EP = European
Parliament. The EA8 and EA4 country samples are population-weighted. The pronounced differences between the EA8 and
EA4, as well as the minimum and maximum values are shaded. Darker shading represents maximum values. Lighter shading
represents minimum values. As the table presents data on net trust, all values above 0 indicate trust by a majority of the
respondents and all values below 0 show a lack of trust by the majority.
Sources: Standard EBs 69 and 78.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel
Evidence for the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute.
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17. Figure 3.
Trust in national and EU institutions in the EA4 (1999–2012)
Notes: The EA4 comprises Spain, Greece, Portugal and Ireland. NG = national government, NP = national parliament, EC =
European Commission, EP = European Parliament. Values are population-weighted. In 1-2/2009 the special Standard EB
71.1 was utilised. As the survey item concerning trust in the NP was not included in Standard EBs 52, 53 or 58, the data for
these three observation points respectively are missing. As the survey item concerning trust in the NG was not included in
Standard EBs 52, 53, 54 or 58, the data for these four observation points respectively are missing. The dashed line represents
the start of the crisis in September 2008 and differentiates the pre-crisis and crisis periods. As the figure depicts net trust, all
values above 0 indicate trust by a majority of the respondents and all values below 0 show a lack of trust by the majority.
Sources: Standard EBs 51-78 and Special EB 71.1.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel Evidence
for the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute.
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18. Excourse 3: Comparing Net Trust vs. Net Support for the Euro in the EA-4
Notes: The data and time series depicted in above figure are based upon the data and time series utilized in the following three
working papers: Roth, F., Gros, D., Nowak-Lehmann D., F., 2012. Has the Financial Crisis eroded Citizens’ Trust in the
European Central Bank? – Panel Data Evidence for the Euro Area, 1999-2011, CEGE Discussion Papers 124, University of
Göttingen and Roth, F., Jonung,,L. and F. Nowak-Lehmann D. (2012). Public Support for the Single European Currency, the
Euro, 1990 to 2011. Does the financial crisis matter?, Working Paper 2012: 20, Department of Economics, University of Lund
and Roth, F., Nowak-Lehmann D., F., Otter, T., 2013. Crisis and Trust in National and European Governmental Institutions –
Panel Evidence for the EU from 1999 to 2012, RSCAS/EUDO Working Paper, European University Institute, forthcoming. The
EA-4 comprises Spain, Greece, Portugal and Ireland. NP = national parliament, EP = European Parliament, NG = National
Government, EC = European Commission, ECB = European Central Bank, Support Euro = Support for the European Monetary
Union and the euro. Values are population weighted. As the survey item concerning trust in the NP was no t included in Standard
EBs 52, 53 or 58, the data for these three observation points respectively are missing. As the survey item concerning trust i n the
NG was not included in Standard EBs 52, 53, 54 or 58, the data for these four observation points respe ctively are missing. The
dashed line represents the start of the crisis in September 2008 and differentiates the pre-crisis and crisis periods. As the figure
depicts net trust and net support, all values above 0 indicate trust and support by a majority of the respondents and all values
below 0 a lack of trust and support by the majority.
Sources: Standard EBs 51-78.
19. Figure 4.
Trust in national and EU institutions in the EA-8 (1999–2012)
Notes: The EA8 comprises Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Finland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. NG =
national government, NP = national parliament, EC = European Commission, EP = European Parliament. Values are
population weighted. In 1-2/2009 the special Standard EB 71.1 was used. As the survey item concerning trust in the NP was
not included in Standard EBs 52, 53 or 58, the data for these three observation points respectively are missing. As the survey
item concerning trust in the NG was not included in Standard EBs 52, 53, 54 or 58, the data for these four observation points
respectively are missing. The dashed line represents the start of the crisis in September 2008 and differentiates the pre-crisis
and crisis periods. As the figure depicts net trust, all values above 0 indicate trust by a majority of the respondents and all
values below 0 show a lack of trust by the majority.
Sources: Standard EBs 51-78 and Special EB 71.1.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel
Evidence for the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute.
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20. Figure 5.
Scatter plot between delta unemployment and delta trust
Trust NP
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Trust NG
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fr
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fr
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it
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gr
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gr
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Trust EP
0
50
Trust EC
de
fr
0
it
ie
pt
cy
-10
fr
de
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-100 -50
Delta Trust (2012-2008)
0
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10
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20
-10
0
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10
20
Delta Unemployment (2012-2008)
+ Non-EA-12
EA-12
Fitted Values EA-12
Graphs by Trust
Notes: Fitted regression line only for EA12 country sample.
Sources: Standard EB 69 & 78 and Eurobarometer data.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel
Evidence for the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute.
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22. Table 3.
Unemployment and trust in the NG and NP, fixed-effects DFGLS estimations, EA12
1
2
3
4
5
6
NG
FS
NG
BC
NG
C
NP
FS
NP
BC
NP
C
-3.9***
-3.5*
-8.0***
-3.2***
-2.5*
-7.3***
(0.93)
(1.78)
(1.82)
(0.75)
(1.40)
(1.28)
Inflation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Growth
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Government debt
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Election dummy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Durbin-Watson statistic
2.11
1.82
2.03
2.10
1.84
2.08
Adjusted R-squared
0.82
0.81
0.86
0.81
0.77
0.88
Country fixed effects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Control for endogeneity
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Elimination of first order autocorrelation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Observations
Number of countries
248
12
143
12
105
12
248
12
143
12
105
12
Dependent variable
Period
Unemployment
Notes: FS=Full Sample; BC=Before Crisis; C=Crisis; NG=National Government; NP= National Parliament. ***p<0.01,
**p<0.05 and *p<0.1. Data on growth of GDP per capita are missing for Greece from the 2nd semester of 2011 onwards.
Thus, instead of 108, only 105 observations can be depicted. Data on the lagged first differences for debt over GDP are
missing for the four time periods 1999-2000 and for Greece and Malta for the first semester of 2001.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel
Evidence for the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute.
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23. Table 5.
Sensitivity analysis for the baseline fixed effects DFGLS model, EA12
Row
Specification change
NG
NP
EC
EP
Obs.
Cou.
Baseline regression
1
-8.0***
-7.3***
-3.1**
-3.4***
105
12
Exclusion of outliers
2
Spain
3
Spain+Greece
4
Spain+Greece+Portugal
No change
-4.4
-2.5
-1.9
-7.3***
-6.3**
-6.1**
0.8
1.2
1.7
0.7
1.2
1.3
96
90
81
11
10
9
5
-2.8
-6.4**
0.1
0.1
72
8
EA4
Restruc. of country sample
6
EU15
-7.1***
-6.4***
-2.7***
-3.2***
132
15
7
EU27
-1.1
-1.1
-2.1***
-2.3***
240
27
8
EU27 - Spain
0.2
-0.1
-1.6**
-1.7**
231
26
9
10
EU27 - EA4
NMS12
-0.6
0.8
-0.1
2.3
-1.5**
-1.6*
-1.6**
-1.7*
207
108
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12
Restruc. of time sample
11
9-11/2007-11/2012
-6.0***
-5.4***
-2.4***
-2.8***
129
12
12
13
10-11/2008-5/2012
10-11/2008-11/2011
-6.2***
-6.7**
-5.8***
-6.3***
-1.6
-2.4
-1.7
-2.8**
94
83
12
12
14
15
10-11/2008-5/2011
10-11/2008-11-12/2010
-5.5
-9.1**
-5.8**
-8.5***
-2.3
-1.7
-3.0*
-2.0
72
60
12
12
16
Sov. bond yields
Alt. estimation strategies
-8.9***
-7.4***
-3.0***
-3.6***
105
12
17
18
OLS+TD
OLS+TD+SBY
-6.4***
-6.4***
-5.8***
-5.7***
-3.3**
-3.1**
-3.7***
-3.5**
117
117
12
12
19
OLS+TD+SBY+EB74
72
12
Incl. of additional variables
-5.6***
-4.9***
-1.8
-2.3
Various alterations
20
Excl. special EB 71.1
-6.7***
-6.2***
-2.5***
-3.1***
93
12
21
22
-3.9***
-7.6***
-3.5***
-6.7***
-1.3**
-3.4***
-1.6***
-3.4***
105
105
12
12
Net trust vs. trust
Inclusion of TD
Notes: EU=European Union, NMS=New Member States; NG=National Government; NP=National Parliament;
EC=European Commission; EP=European Parliament; EA=Euro Area; TD=Time Dummies; SBY=Sovereign Bond Yields.
EA-4 comprises Spain, Greece, Portugal and Ireland. ***p<0.01, **p<0.05 and *p<0.1.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel Evidence for
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the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute.
24. Coherence with previous empirical results
Our econometric results are in line with the empirical findings of Stevenson and
Wolfers (2011) who find that unemployment has a strong and negative effect on trust
in public institutions. In almost all regression results unemployment is a powerful
predictor of trust. When analysing the impact of an increase of unemployment on trust
in the U.S. congress from 1972 to 2010 the authors find a significant and negative
effect of unemployment on trust with the size of the coefficient ranging from -0.89 to 1.36. The range of size of the reported coefficient is only slightly smaller than our
estimated coefficient for trust in the national parliament of -1.4 This coefficient range
is however significantly smaller compared to our coefficient of -3.5 throughout the
crisis period.
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25. VI. Conclusions
Concerning trust in the NG and NP, the crisis has not led to a universal
decline of trust. The core countries from the EA12 such as Germany, Austria
and Finland have actually higher trust levels in 11/2012 than before the crisis
in 3-5/2008. The opposite is true for the periphery countries for the EA12
(Spain, Greece, Portugal and Ireland) in which trust in the NG and NP
declined significantly. These countries have left their long-term trust trends.
Thus the alleged trust crisis in the NG and NP is not an EU-scale crisis, but
primarily manifests in the periphery countries of the EA12.
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26. i)
When analysing an EU15/27 country sample, one detects moderate declines in
trust in the national government and parliament. This overall decline in populationweighted trust in trust trends in the national government and parliament has strongly been
driven by the countries of the EA12.
ii)
Whereas in the core of the EA12 trust in the national government and
parliament has actually increased or remained unchanged, in its periphery trust in the
national government and parliament has fallen significantly and steadily since the start of
the crisis. This sharp and steady fall in the periphery explains the overall moderate
decrease of population weighted trust in the national government and parliament in the
EA12, EU15 and EU27.
iii)
Whereas the population-weighted trust trends in the core countries of the EA12
have followed their pre-crisis paths throughout the crisis, the population-weighted trends
in the periphery countries have departed from their pre-crisis paths since the start of the
crisis. This phenomenon applies in particular to the case of Spain.
iv)
When analysing the drivers of trust with the help of a FE-DFGLS estimation
within an EA12 country sample and timeframe from 1999-2012, an increase of
unemployment turns out to be significantly and negatively associated with trust in the
national government and parliament.
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27. v)
The highly significant and negative relationship between unemployment and
trust is strongly driven by the crisis period (2008-2012). The coefficients for trust in the
NG and NP are twice as high in the crisis period as in the pre-crisis period.
vi)
Within the EA12, whereas this highly significant and negative relationship
between unemployment and trust the NG throughout the crisis is strongly driven by the
country case of Spain, in which a significant increase in the unemployment rate is strongly
associated with a decrease of trust, the relationship between unemployment and trust in the
NP remains highly robust even after the exclusion of Spain from the EA12 country sample.
vii)
Highly significant and negative relationship between unemployment and trust in
the NG and NP remains robust throughout the whole crisis period.
viii)
The relationship between unemployment and trust in the NP holds strongly for
an EA12 country sample. Within the EA12, in times of crisis, a 1 percent increase in
unemployment rates is associated with a decrease of net trust of -7.3 percentage points (a
decrease of trust of -3.5 percentage points).
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28. VII. Policy Conclusions
i)
Unemployment rates of 25% in Spain and Greece in the aftermath of the financial crisis are
politically and socially unsustainable. Reducing these high unemployment rates should be given
top priority in order to regain citizens trust in the national government and parliament.
Regaining citizens trust in the EA periphery is necessary to secure political stability and
successfully implement the structural reform agenda to regain fiscal consolidation.
ii) Necessary structural reforms such as the amelioration of the quality of governance, labour
markets, welfare state and higher educational reforms, the completion of the single market in
services have to be accompanied with growth enhancing investments. These investments
would ideally focus on intangible capital: modernization of (higher) education, public-private
partnership schemes to enhance business intangibles and modernization of governance
structures. The reforms should by no means abolish fundamental and economically important
labour rights, should not result in „wage and social security dumping“, thus they should not
endanger the fundamental agreements of the European Social Model and should be socially and
politically sustainable.
iii) As governments of periphery countries cannot stem these investments themselves and as in
times of liquidity crisis private investor‘s confidence is shattered two potential investment plans
are possible: 1) either a large scale investment (Marshall) plan for the EA periphery countries
(EIB 2012; DGB 2012) financed e.g. by FT-Tax, EU-Tax (Fiscal capacity mechanism), Euro
Solidarity Tax. Investment would be based on public and public-private partnership investment
schemes, or 2) a European Investment Guarantee Scheme (EIGS) which would guarantee
private sector investments in the EA periphery potentially backed by the EIB (Zuleeg 2013).
iv) Public investments in Germany into public infrastructure, higher education institutions, publicprivate partnerships schemes for business intangibles (Bosch 2013, Fratzscher 2013). Germany
and other EA creditor countries should reduce austerity measures and should increase its budget
deficit to 3% to take pressure from the periphery countries (De Grauwe 2012).
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30. Figure A1.
Net trust in the national government, by EU27 country (1999–2012)
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Rep
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
-100
-50
0
50
-100
-50
0
50
-100
-50
0
50
Austria
2005
2010
-100
-50
0
50
2000
2000
2005
2010
2000
2005
2010
2000
2005
2010
2000
2005
2010
2000
2005
2010
2000
2005
2010
Year
Notes: Y-axis displays a range from -100 to +50. For the EU-15 countries, the data commence in spring 1999
(EB 51). For the 12 new member states, the data commence in 10-11/2004 (EB 62), even for Romania and
Bulgaria. Data for EBs 52-54 and EB 58 are missing and have been automatically been interpolated by Stata. As
the figure depicts net trust, all values below 0 indicate a lack of trust by the majority of respondents. In the case
of Great Britain, data from EBs 51-69 are for Great Britain, whereas data from EB 70 onwards are for the UK.
Sources: Standard EBs 51-78 and Special EB 71.1.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel
Evidence for the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute.
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31. Figure A2.
Net trust in the national parliament, by EU27 country (1999–2012)
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Rep
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
-100
-50
0
50
-100
-50
0
50
-100
-50
0
50
Austria
2005
2010
-100
-50
0
50
2000
2000
2005
2010
2000
2005
2010
2000
2005
2010
2000
2005
2010
2000
2005
2010
2000
2005
2010
Year
Notes: Y-axis displays a range from -100 to +50. For the EU-15 countries, the data commence in spring 1999
(EB 51). For the 12 new member states, the data commence in 10-11/2004 (EB 62), even for Romania and
Bulgaria. Data for EBs 52-53 and EB 58 are missing and have been automatically been interpolated by Stata. As
the figure depicts net trust, all values below 0 indicate a lack of trust by the majority of respondents. In the case
of Great Britain, data from EBs 51-69 are for Great Britain, whereas data from EB 70 onwards are for the UK.
Sources: Standard EBs 51-78 and Special EB 71.1.
Reference: Roth, Nowak-Lehmann and Otter (2013). Crisis and Trust in National and European Union Institutions–Panel
Evidence for the EU, 1999 to 2012, EUDO/RSCAS Working Paper 2013/31 , European University Institute.
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