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  • Scholars have repeatedly expressed concern about the consequences low levels ofpolitical trust might have for the stability of democratic political systems. Empirical supportand the identification of causal mechanisms for this concern, however, are often lacking. Inthis article, the relation between political trust and law-abiding attitudes is investigated. It isexpected that citizens with low levels of trust in the institutions of the political system willfind it more acceptable to break the law. As a result, low levels of political trust mightundermine the effectiveness and legitimacy of government action and its ability to implementlegislation. Based on survey data from 33 European countries using the 1999-2001European Values Study (N = 41,125), the relation between political trust and legal permissivenessis examined using a multilevel ordered logistic regression analysis.The results showthat respondents with low levels of political trust are significantly more likely to acceptillegal behaviour such as tax fraud than respondents with high levels of political trust. Sinceit is known from earlier research that actors who are permissive towards law-breakingbehaviour are more likely to commit these acts themselves, the hypothesis that low levels ofpolitical trust will be associated with less law compliance within a society is supported. (xsd:string)
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