The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long‐Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy
研究哈布斯堡帝国解体后，其高效的地方行政体系如何长期提升东欧国家民众对法院和警察的信任、降低腐败，基于前帝国边境两侧的当代调查数据。
Do empires affect attitudes towards the state long after their demise? We hypothesize that the \nHabsburg Empire with its localized and well-respected administration increased citizens’ trust in \nlocal public services. In several Eastern European countries, communities on both sides of the \nlong-gone Habsburg border have been sharing common formal institutions for a century now. \nIdentifying from individuals living within a restricted band around the former border, we find \nthat historical Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and \npolice. Falsification tests of spuriously moved borders, geographic and pre-existing differences, \nand interpersonal trust corroborate a genuine Habsburg effect. \n