Libby Maman

Publications

A full list is also available on Google Scholar.

Peer-reviewed articles

  • Redert, B., van Heerebeek, A., Maman, L., & Pérez-Durán, I. (2026). Being friends or being favored? The drivers of stakeholder trust in regulatory agencies. Journal of European Public Policy, 1–25.
  • Maman, L., Jordana, J., Levi-Faur, D., Guaschino, E., Schomaker, R., & van Zimmeren, E. (2025). A new measurement model and database of the democratic qualities of regulatory bodies. Policy & Politics, 53(4), 753–775.
  • Maman, L., Feldman, Y., & Tyler, T. (2025). Polarization and voluntary compliance: The impact of ideological extremity on the effectiveness of self-regulation. Regulation & Governance.
  • Plato-Shinar, R., & Maman, L. (2025). Public attitudes towards CBDC and the role of trust in the central bank. Banking & Finance Law Review, 42(1), 1–36.
  • Grimmelikhuijsen, S., Aleksovska, M., van Erp, J., Gilad, S., Maman, L., Bach, T., Kappler, M., Van Dooren, W., Schomaker, R., & Houlberg-Salomonsen, H. (2024). Does enforcement style influence citizen trust in regulatory agencies? An experiment in six countries. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
  • Verhoest, K., Six, F., Latusek, D., Maman, L., Schomaker, R., Papadopoulos, I., & Trondal, J. (2024). Trust and distrust in public governance settings: Conceptualizing and testing the link in regulatory relations. Journal of Trust Research.
  • Maman, L., Fahy, L., Grimmelikhuijsen, S., & Kappler, M. (2024). Measuring citizen trust in regulatory agencies: A systematic review and ways forward. Regulation & Governance.
  • Kappler, M., Verhoest, K., Bach, T., Maman, L., & Schomaker, R. (2024). What drives trust in regulatory agencies? Probing the relevance of governmental level and performance through a cross-national elite experiment on EU regulation. European Political Science Review, 1–18.
  • Maman, L., Feldman, Y., & Levi-Faur, D. (2022). Varieties of regulatory regimes and their effect on citizens’ trust in firms. Journal of European Public Policy.
  • Maman, L. (2022). The democratic qualities of regulatory agencies. Policy & Politics, 50(4), 461–482. Best Paper Award, 2023

Under review

  • Ciornei, I., & Maman, L. Does framing the EU as trustworthy increase trust in the EU? An experimental survey. (Revise and resubmit)
  • Maman, L., & Levi-Faur, D. Misaligned trust: How the gap between social trust, trust in government and trust in market shapes democratic performance.
  • Maman, L., Levi-Faur, D., Jordana, J., & Jugl, M. Trust ecologies: Mapping the structure of trust in government, companies, and people.
  • Jordana, J., Gómez-Díaz, J., Maman, L., Verhoest, K., Kappler, M., & Maggetti, M. Stakeholders’ trust in regulatory bodies: The compound impact of interactive mechanisms.
  • Maman, L., Beeri, I., Malkiel, E., & Efroni, U. The Local Democracy Index (LDI): Developing and validating indicators for checks and balances, trust, transparency, representation, participation, and public involvement.

Work in progress

  • Compliance and effectiveness of industry self-regulation: A systematic literature review.
  • The paradox of compensatory local democracy: Conflict, leadership capacity, and democratic stabilization under central-level strain.

Reports and policy publications

  • Maman, L., & Feldman, Y. (2024). Politicization in service of distrust. The Liberal.
  • Maman, L., Jordana, J., Pérez-Durán, I., Triviño, J. C., & Gómez-Díaz, J. (2021). Database on the formal design of agencies at the EU, national and subnational levels. TiGRE project.
  • Jordana, J., Maman, L., Pérez-Durán, I., Triviño, J. C., & Gómez-Díaz, J. (2021). Report on the impact of formal design of policy regimes for improving trust in regulation. TiGRE project.
  • Maman, L., Feldman, Y., & Levi-Faur, D. (2021). Can enhanced self-regulation deliver trust? Assessment via two experimental surveys. Israel Democracy Institute.
  • Maman, L., Kleizen, B., Kappler, M., & Levi-Faur, D. (2020). A meta-analysis of empirical trust studies and data sources. TiGRE project.
  • Levi-Faur, D., Maman, L., et al. (2020). A report on trust in government, politics, policy and regulatory governance. TiGRE project.