with the (in)effectiveness of a government’s healthcare-related responses to past epidemics. We document this mechanism …, showing that weak governments took longer to introduce policy interventions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and … demonstrating that the loss of political trust is larger for individuals who experienced epidemics under weak governments. Finally …

experienced epidemics under weak governments with less capacity to act against the epidemic, disappointing their citizens. We … provide evidence of this mechanism by showing that weak governments took longer to introduce policy interventions in response …

argument, our results are mostly driven by individuals who experienced epidemics under weak governments with less capacity to … governments took longer to introduce policy interventions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. These results imply that the …

argument, our results are mostly driven by individuals who experienced epidemics under weak governments with less capacity to … governments took longer to introduce policy interventions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. These results imply that the …

experienced epidemics under weak governments with less capacity to act against the epidemic, disappointing their citizens. We … provide evidence of this mechanism by showing that weak governments took longer to introduce policy interventions in response …

argument, our results are mostly driven by individuals who experienced epidemics under weak governments with less capacity to … governments took longer to introduce policy interventions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. These results imply that the …

argument, our results are mostly driven by individuals who experienced epidemics under weak governments with less capacity to … governments took longer to introduce policy interventions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. These results imply that the …