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Building Institutional Legitimacy: Elites, Markets, and Inequality Through the Voice–Choice–Transparency–Trust (VCTT) Framework [version 2; peer review: 1 approved]
Arts & Culture
- When:
- May 14, 2026 · 12:14 PM
- Source:
- F1000Research
Background Institutional legitimacy—the belief that authorities are just and deserving of compliance—depends on the interplay of participation, pluralism, transparency, and trust. This study applies the Voice–Choice–Transparency–Trust (VCTT) framework to construct a composite institutional quality index (INST) and to examine how elite behaviour, market structure, inequality, and development jointly shape legitimacy across countries. Methods Using an unbalanced panel of 22 countries from 2020 to