Measuring citizen trust in regulatory agencies: A systematic review and ways forward

L Maman, L Fahy, S Grimmelikhuijsen… - Regulation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Citizen trust in regulatory agencies is essential for the functioning of society and markets.
Trust in regulatory agencies promotes compliance and strengthens trust in regulated …

Trust and distrust in public governance settings: Conceptualising and testing the link in regulatory relations

K Verhoest, D Latusek, F Six, L Maman… - Journal of Trust …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The relationship between trust and distrust in public governance is still an open question. In
the literature, three different perspectives on how trust and distrust are related are intensively …

How trust matters for the performance and legitimacy of regulatory regimes: The differential impact of watchful trust and good‐faith trust

K Verhoest, M Maggetti, E Guaschino… - Regulation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Trust is expected to play a vital role in regulatory regimes. However, how trust affects the
performance and legitimacy of these regimes is poorly understood. Our study examines how …

Does the Background of the Regulator Matter? The Role of Expertise and Diversity on the Perceived Competence of Regulatory Bodies

I Perez‐Duran, Y Papadopoulos… - Regulation & …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines expertise and professional diversity within new (agencies and central
banks) and traditional (ministries) regulatory bodies (RBs) and assesses their effect on the …

How do elite core actors assess trust in national and EU authorities? The varying role of generalised trust at different governmental levels

M Kappler, R Schomaker, E Guaschino… - Comparative European …, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, we position generalised trust as central to the debate on elites' assessments of
trust in EU multi-level governance. We leverage one of the most influential factors in …