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 …