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Public trust and government betrayal

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This paper presents a simple model of government reputation which captures two characteristics of policy outcomes in less developed countries: governments which betray public trust do so erratically, and, after a betrayal, public trust is regained only gradually.

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  • Christopher Phelan, . "Public trust and government betrayal," Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
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