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Government Performance and Democracy: Survey Experimental Evidence from 12 Countries during COVID-19

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dc.contributor.authorBecher, Michael
dc.contributor.authorLonguet Marx, Nicolas
dc.contributor.authorPons, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorBrouard, Sylvain
dc.contributor.authorFoucault, Martial
dc.contributor.authorGalasso, Vincenzo
dc.contributor.authorKerrouche, Eric
dc.contributor.authorLeón Alfonso, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorStegmueller, Daniel
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-14T16:23:47Z
dc.date.available2025-01-14T16:23:47Z
dc.date.issued2024-10
dc.description.abstractCrises of the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic may plausibly affect deep-seated attitudes of a large fraction of citizens. In particular, outcome-oriented theories imply that leaders’ performance in response to such adverse events shapes people’s views about the government and about democracy. To assess these causal linkages empirically, we use a preregistered survey experiment covering 12 countries and 22,500 respondents during the pandemic. Our design enables us to leverage exogenous variation in evaluations of policies and leaders with an instrumental variables strategy. We find that people use information on both health and economic performance when evaluating the government. In turn, dissatisfaction with the government decreases satisfaction with how democracy works, but it does not increase support for nondemocratic alternatives. The results suggest that comparatively bad government performance mainly spurs internal critiques of democracy.
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dc.identifier.citationBecher, M., Longuet-Marx, N., Pons, V., Brouard, S., Foucault, M., Galasso, V., ... & Stegmueller, D. (2024). Government Performance and Democracy: Survey Experimental Evidence from 12 Countries During Covid-19. The Journal of Politics, 86(4), https://doi.org/10.1086/729962
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1086/729962
dc.identifier.issn1468-2508
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3451
dc.issue.number4
dc.journal.titleThe Journal of Politics
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Chicago Press
dc.relation.departmentComparative Politics
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs
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dc.titleGovernment Performance and Democracy: Survey Experimental Evidence from 12 Countries during COVID-19
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dc.volume.number86
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