| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP14518 |
| DP14518 The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the U.S. | |
| Filipe Campante; Emilio Depetris-Chauvin; Ruben Durante | |
| 发表日期 | 2020-03-21 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We study how negative emotions can affect the behavior of voters and politicians by looking at the Ebola scare that hit the U.S. right before the 2014 midterm elections. Exploiting the timing and location of the four cases diagnosed in the U.S., we show that heightened concern about Ebola led to a lower vote share for the Democrats, as well as lower turnout, despite no evidence of a general anti-incumbent effect (including for President Obama). We then show that Republican politicians exploited the Ebola scare strategically by mentioning the disease in connection with immigration, terrorism, and President Obama. Voters responded with increased concern with Ebola, and increasingly conservative attitudes on immigration but not on other ideologically-charged issues. Our findings indicate that emotional reactions can have a strong electoral impact, that politicians perceive and respond strategically, and that this is mediated by issues that can be plausibly associated with the specific triggering factor. |
| 主题 | Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Fear Disgust Emotions Elections Immigration Ebola |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14518-3 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543419 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Filipe Campante,Emilio Depetris-Chauvin,Ruben Durante. DP14518 The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the U.S.. 2020. |
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