摘要：Through a survey of 767 Arkansas residents, we determine to what extent residents trust state officials to balance the ìgreenî of environmental protection with the ìgoldî of economic development. We find respondents are split on their feelings of trust, with only a little over half stating they trust state officials on this matter. Feelings of trust are related to positive attitudes toward the state's environmental protection agency, assessments of the state leadersí desire for input, projections of the general direction of the state, personal retrospective economic evaluations, residence in a non-farming region, and a liberal political ideology. The degrees to which respondents stated they thought economic development and environmental protection were priorities which were not related to feelings of trust, suggesting that trust is a product of a variety of factors, none of which include assessments of how state officials are, in fact, balancing the "green" and the "gold.".
