Covid-19 and the interest group approach to government

Peter Leeson and Henry Thompson

Chapter 23 in Handbook on the Political Economy of Health Systems, 2023, pp 397-411 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: A small but burgeoning literature examines governmental responses to Covid-19 from the perspective of, or with relevance to, the interest group approach to government. This chapter surveys that literature with an eye to three themes: (1) Private interests may influence how government-imposed lockdowns are implemented. (2) Private interests may influence governmental allocation of Covid resources. (3) Governmental responses to Covid-19 may have perverse consequences, undermining rather than promoting the health of vulnerable people. To date, only one study has addressed the second of these themes. To provide ideas for further work in that area, we consider research that examines the influence of private interests on governmental allocation of health resources in non-Covid contexts and suggest possible applications in the context of Covid.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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