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Trust no more?. On the lasting effects of corruption scandals Solé Ollé, Albert Sorribas, Pilar Corrupció política Ètica política Anàlisi d'impacte (Política governamental) Political corruption Political ethics Impact analysis (Public administration) We examine whether the break out of a corruption scandal involving the incumbent undermines trust in government, and whether this effect fades in the short term or whether it has lasting effects. We use a novel dataset with information on local corruption scandals occurring in Spain in the period 1999-2009, and data on the level of trust expressed in local politicians, obtained from a survey conducted in 2009. We find that corruption scandals have a marked effect both on levels of trust in local politicians and on perceptions of corruption. We also show that, while these perceptions gradually revert back to their pre-scandal levels, the effect on trust is more persistent. Using a mediation analysis we show that other side effects of corruption (including, government fragmentation and fiscal stress) are responsible for the persistence of the effect on trust. 2019-06-03T10:30:48Z 2021-12-31T06:10:17Z 2018-12 2019-06-03T10:30:49Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.12.003 European Journal of Political Economy, 2018, vol. 55, num. December, p. 185-203 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.12.003 cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Elsevier Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)