In trust we trust: The impact of trust in government on excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought forward myriad challenges to public policy, central of which is understanding the different contextual factors that can influence the effectiveness of policy responses across different systems. In this article, we explore how trust in government can influence the ability of COVID-19 policy responses to curb excess mortality during the pandemic. Our findings indicate that stringent policy responses play a central role in curbing excess mortality. They also indicate that such relationship is not only influenced by systematic and structural factors, but also by citizens’ trust in government. We leverage our findings to propose a set of recommendations for policymakers on how to enhance crisis policymaking and strengthen the designs of the widely used underlying policy learning processes.

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Zaki, B. L., Nicoli, F., Wayenberg, E., & Verschuere, B. (2022). In trust we trust: The impact of trust in government on excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Policy and Administration, 37(2), 226–252. https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767211058003

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