Investigation of trust in European Central Bank in the European Union

Nataliia Kostiuchenko
PhD fellow in Economics, World Economy and International Economic Relations Department, Odessa National I. I. Mechnikov University, E-mail:nataliakostiuchenko@gmail.com

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Kostiuchenko, N. (2016), Investigation of trust in European Central Bank in the European Union. Ed.: M. Zveryakov (ed.-in-ch.) and others [Doslidzhennia doviry do Evropeiskoho Tsentralnoho Banku v Evropeiskomu Soiuzi; za red.: М. I. Zveriakova (gol. red.) ta in.], Socio-economic research bulletin; Vìsnik socìal’no-ekonomìčnih doslìdžen’ (ISSN 2313-4569), Odessa National Economic University, Odessa, No. 2 (61), pp. 27–32.

Abstract

The article investigates a question of trust to ECB in the time period between 2012 and 2014 that was characterized by a global challenge in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. The main topic of this article is consideration of trust in a public institution and its connection with economic indicators. The question of dependency between annual change in unemployment and the level of trust in ECB in 15 European countries as well as dependency between annual change in GDP and the trust in ECB in the chosen countries is discussed. The investigation is based on the data from Eurobarometer survey.

Keywords

trust; European Central Bank; Eurobarometer survey; public opinion.

JEL classification: C230; E580; Z130;  DOI: https://doi.org/10.33987/vsed.2(61).2016.27-32

UD classification: 336.7:339.9

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