Trust in State and Nonstate Actors: Evidence from Dispute Resolution in Pakistan

This paper investigates whether information about improved public services can help build trust in state institutions and move people away from nonstate actors. We find that (truthful) information about reduced delays in state courts in rural Pakistan leads to citizens reporting higher likelihood of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acemoglu, K. Daron
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130323