Trust is expected to play a vital role in regulatory regimes. However, how trust affects the performance and legitimacy of these regimes is poorly understood. Our study examines how the interplay of trust and distrust relationships among and toward political, administrative, and regulatory actors shapes perceptions of performance and legitimacy. Drawing on cross-country survey data measuring trust and distrust among various actors within regulatory regimes, our analysis reveals that relationships of watchful trust in terms of a “trust but verify” attitude among actors are conducive to higher regulatory performance. Conversely, the combination of high trust with low distrust fosters regime legitimacy, while high levels of watchfulness even have a detrimental impact on legitimacy. Our research underscores that actors within regulatory regimes adopt a logic of consequentiality when evaluating and contributing to regime performance. In contrast, for fostering regime legitimacy, a logic of appropriateness appears to be more relevant.

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信任对监管制度的绩效和合法性有何影响：警惕信任和善意信任的不同影响


信任有望在监管制度中发挥至关重要的作用。然而，人们对信任如何影响这些政权的表现和合法性知之甚少。我们的研究探讨了政治、行政和监管行为者之间的信任和不信任关系的相互作用如何塑造对绩效和合法性的看法。根据衡量监管制度内不同行为者之间信任和不信任的跨国调查数据，我们的分析表明，行为者之间“信任但验证”态度的密切信任关系有利于提高监管绩效。相反，高信任度和低不信任度相结合会促进政权的合法性，而高度警惕甚至会对合法性产生有害影响。我们的研究强调，监管制度内的行为者在评估和促进制度绩效时采用后果性逻辑。相比之下，对于培养政权的合法性，适当性逻辑似乎更为相关。