In response to the spillovers of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, many governments paid cash transfers to … households. We examine the effect of this fiscal policy instrument on households in two emerging economies, Vietnam and Thailand …, raising trust in the government's ability to deal with the pandemic's effect on the economy, lowering general concerns about …

protectionist government stimulated the economy by increasing government expenditure. …

randomized control trials (RCTs) in Thailand and Vietnam, we present randomized subgroups of respondents in both countries with … pandemic, while Vietnam has the highest approval rates. This is our ftrst information treatment, which is on average viewed as … good news in Vietnam and as bad news in Thailand. In the second treatment, we show evidence of cross-country average …

spillovers of lockdown measures to the rest of the economy and the differentiated impact of VAT measures on the two sectors. We …