More than Words: Leaders' Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemics
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Ajzenman, Nicolas; Cavalcanti, Tiago; Da Mata, Daniel
署名单位：
IZA Institute Labor Economics; Getulio Vargas Foundation; University of Cambridge; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
刊物名称：
AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
ISSN/ISSBN：
1945-7731
DOI：
10.1257/pol.20210284
发表日期：
2023
页码：
351-371
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摘要：
This paper investigates whether the anti-scientific rhetoric of modern populists can induce followers to engage in risky behavior. We gather electoral information, credit card expenses, and geo-localized mobile phone data for approximately 60 million devices in Brazil. After the president publicly dismissed the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic and challenged scientific recommendations, social distancing in pro-government localities declined. Consistently, credit card expenses increased immediately. Results are driven by localities with higher media penetration levels, active Twitter accounts, and a larger proportion of evangelical Christians, a critical electoral group. (JEL D72, D91, I12, I18, L82, O15, Z12)
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