Citizen Attitudes on Politicians’ Pay: Trust Issues Are Not Solved by Delegation
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Citizen Attitudes on Politicians’ Pay : Trust Issues Are Not Solved by Delegation. / Pedersen, Rasmus Tue; Pedersen, Lene Holm.
In: Political Studies, Vol. 68, No. 2, 2019, p. 389-407.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Citizen Attitudes on Politicians’ Pay
T2 - Trust Issues Are Not Solved by Delegation
AU - Pedersen, Rasmus Tue
AU - Pedersen, Lene Holm
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Citizens are generally opposed to politicians receiving a high pay. We investigate the degree to which this aversion is moderated by citizens’ individual-level trust in politicians and whether institutional delegation can moderate the reactions to proposed changes in politicians’ pay. Using a survey experiment, we confirm that trust in politicians is a key predictor of attitudes regarding their pay. Distrust toward politicians seems to matter much more than general attitudes on income inequality when citizens form opinions on politicians’ pay. Furthermore, citizens’ aversion to high pay for politicians is affected by institutional delegation, but such delegation only lessen the opposition to pay raises modestly, leaving most citizens firmly against pay raises for politicians. Finally, while citizens’ trust in politicians matters greatly for their attitudes regarding politicians pay, proposed changes in politicians’ pay do not conversely affect citizen’s perceptions of the politicians.
AB - Citizens are generally opposed to politicians receiving a high pay. We investigate the degree to which this aversion is moderated by citizens’ individual-level trust in politicians and whether institutional delegation can moderate the reactions to proposed changes in politicians’ pay. Using a survey experiment, we confirm that trust in politicians is a key predictor of attitudes regarding their pay. Distrust toward politicians seems to matter much more than general attitudes on income inequality when citizens form opinions on politicians’ pay. Furthermore, citizens’ aversion to high pay for politicians is affected by institutional delegation, but such delegation only lessen the opposition to pay raises modestly, leaving most citizens firmly against pay raises for politicians. Finally, while citizens’ trust in politicians matters greatly for their attitudes regarding politicians pay, proposed changes in politicians’ pay do not conversely affect citizen’s perceptions of the politicians.
U2 - 10.1177/0032321719850073
DO - 10.1177/0032321719850073
M3 - Journal article
VL - 68
SP - 389
EP - 407
JO - Political Studies
JF - Political Studies
SN - 0032-3217
IS - 2
ER -
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