Trust in Government and Compliance With Stay at Home Orders in American States

Oguzhan C. Dincer

No 8869, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: 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 the pandemic. A system of four seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) equations covering four consecutive Saturdays starting with April 25 is estimated with maximum likelihood. The regression results indicate that people are more likely to comply with stay at home orders in more trusting states.

Keywords: trust in government; Covid-19; social distancing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D70 D73 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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