Legitimacy in the time of COVID-19 can be understood as the ability of leaders to win compliance with new public health … received a windfall of legitimacy. On the one hand, this legitimacy windfall can be wasted, or worse, used to intensify … divisive politics, grab power, and install government at the commanding heights of the economy and society, even after the …

possible explanation of this differential effect, we explore whether government legitimacy (measured by satisfaction with the … economic growth cost of, taxation and government expenditures. On the negative side, perceived legitimacy may make voters less … interacted with government legitimacy, reveals that perceived legitimacy exacerbates a negative growth effect of government size …