| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP14879
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| DP14879 The Political Scar of Epidemics |
| Cevat Giray Aksoy; Orkun Saka
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| 发表日期 | 2020-06-12
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| 出版年 | 2020
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | What will be political legacy of the Coronavirus pandemic? We find that epidemic exposure in an individual’s “impressionable years” (ages 18 to 25) has a persistent negative effect on confidence in political institutions and leaders. We find similar negative effects on confidence in public health systems, suggesting that the loss of confidence in political leadership and institutions is associated with healthcare-related policies at the time of the epidemic. In line with this argument, our results are mostly driven by individuals who 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 to the COVID-19 outbreak. These results imply that the Coronavirus may leave behind a long-lasting political scar on the current young generation (“Generation Z”). |
| 主题 | Economic History
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| 关键词 | Epidemics
Trust
Democracy
Political approval
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14879
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543817
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Cevat Giray Aksoy,Orkun Saka. DP14879 The Political Scar of Epidemics. 2020.
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