Uslaner (2006) also shows that having a strong legal system matters, too, while confidence in the legal system only seems to matter when there is an effective and fair judiciary (e.g., in Romania, where the legal system is weaker, perceptions that the courts and police are fair seem not to matter). Generally speaking, the political institutions shape the perception of procedural fairness. Therefore, the fairness of the legal system is more strongly related to tax compliance than is simple confidence in the legal system. People's tax compliance seems to depend on how well the entire government works, not just the judiciary. Uslaner (2006) finds very modest correlations between tax compliance and generalized trust. As a consequence he stresses the problem that it might be possible to construct better institutions, but it is extremely difficult to construct better functioning institutions. Not finding any correlation between democratization measures and corruption Uslaner (2006) concludes that “[i]nstitutions are not nearly as sticky as corruption—and structural change does not track the level of transparency.”