Matthew D Bird, Samuel Arispe, Paula Munoz, Luisa Feline Freier
Political trust is an important predictor of compliance with government policies, especially in the face of natural disasters or public health emergencies. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, multiple studies related political trust to increased compliance with mobility restrictions. Yet these findings come mostly from high-income countries where political trust and wealth correlate positively, thus hindering causal inference. In Latin America, both variables correlate negatively, allowing for better testing of competing explanations...
December 19, 2022: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization