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A matter of trust? : political trust and the Covid-19 pandemic
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Hofmann, Hans Philipp - 2021
There is significant cross-country variation in Covid-19 fatalities worldwide. In this study, we analyze the relationship between political trust and fatalities of the Covid-19 pandemic. By performing a cross-country analysis and controlling for other determinants, we find that government trust...
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The political scar of epidemics
Eichengreen, Barry; Saka, Orkun; Aksoy, Cevat Giray - 2021
What political legacy is bequeathed by national health crises such as epidemics? We show that epidemic exposure in an … individual's "impressionable years" (ages 18 to 25) has a persistent negative effect on confidence in political institutions and … confidence in public health systems, suggesting that the loss of confidence in political institutions and leaders is associated …
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Revenge of the experts : will COVID-19 renew or diminish public trust in science?
Eichengreen, Barry; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Saka, Orkun - 2021
individuals with little previous training in science subjects. Finally, our evidence suggests that epidemic-induced distrust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431802
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Global evidence on the determinants of public trust in governments during the COVID-19
Gozgor, Giray - 2020
Using the Worldwide COVID-19 Attitudes and Beliefs dataset covering 108,918 respondents from 178 countries, the paper examines the determinants of public trust in governments during the COVID-19. It is found that older and healthy people trust more to their governments. Education is negatively...
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Trust in government and compliance with stay at home orders in American States
Dincer, Oguzhan C. - 2021
Trust in government is particularly important in implementing public health policies especially during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigates the effects of trust in government and compliance with stay at home orders using data from American states during the first wave of...
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Hindsight bias and trust in government : evidence from the United States
Herz, Holger; Kistler, Deborah; Zehnder, Christian; … - 2022
We empirically assess whether hindsight bias has consequences on how citizens evaluate their political actors. Using an incentivized elicitation technique, we demonstrate that people systematically misremember their past policy preferences regarding how to best fight the Covid-19 pandemic. At...
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The role of government and trust in the market economy
König, Nadja; Schuknecht, Ludger - 2018
This paper studies the role of governments and its link to trust. We argue that the public's trust strongly depends on governments delivering on their core tasks in a market economy. In some economies, a neglect of core tasks can be observed and there seems to be some erosion, notably in terms...
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V for vaccines and variants
Delli Gatti, Domenico; Reissl, Severin; Turco, Enrico - 2021
) to evaluate the effects of vaccinations and variants on the epidemic and macroeconomic outlook. Vaccination plays the …, increasing the volatility of epidemic curves and worsening the macroeconomic outlook. If a more contagious variant emerges after …
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Optimally controlling an epidemic
Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2020
We propose a flexible model of infectious dynamics with a single endogenous state variable and economic choices. We characterize equilibrium, optimal outcomes, static and dynamic externalities, and prove the following: (i) A lockdown generically is followed by policies to stimulate activity....
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Measuring the economic risk of COVID-19
Noy, Ilan; Nguyen Doan; Ferrarini, Benno; Park, Donghyun - 2020
, vulnerability, and resilience of the local economy to the shock of the epidemic. Using a battery of proxies for these four concepts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231556