Government Reactions, Citizens’ Responses, and COVID-19 around the World

Jon Reiersen, Manuel Romero-Hernández and Romén Adán-González
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Jon Reiersen: USN School of Business, Department of Business, History and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3679 Borre, Norway
Manuel Romero-Hernández: USN School of Business, Department of Business, History and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3679 Borre, Norway
Romén Adán-González: Independent Researcher, 38001 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 9, 1-12

Abstract: We analyze the relationship between different dimensions of the quality of the political system and the outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data are retrieved from open-access databases for 98 countries. We apply a multivariable regression model to identify the relationship between various factors likely to affect the number of COVID-19 deaths, in addition to different dimensions of the quality of the political system. We find that the high quality of the electoral process in a country is associated with more COVID-19 deaths, while good political culture is associated with fewer deaths. As expected, we also find that trust in government and experiences with pandemics in the past is negatively related to COVID-19 deaths. Finally, a high GDP per capita is significantly associated with more COVID-19 deaths. Our findings illustrate that rapid, effective, and comprehensive government measures can protect society from the spread of a virus, but citizen compliance is also essential to policy success.

Keywords: governance; trust; COVID-19; political culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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