Curse of Democracy: Evidence from 2020

Yusuke Narita () and Ayumi Sudo

Discussion papers from Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Abstract: Countries with more democratic political regimes experienced greater GDP loss and more deaths from Covid-19 in 2020. Using five different instrumental variable strategies, we find that democracy is a major cause of the wealth and health losses. This impact is global and is not driven by China and the US alone. A key channel for democracy's negative impact is weaker and narrower containment policies at the beginning of the outbreak,　not the speed of introducing policies.

Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2021-04
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