Motivated by current debates over the relationship between epidemic and trust, this paper
estimates the short-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on general trust, political trust, and …

The economic costs of environmental regulations are well documented, but their political
cost is still unclear, especially in cases of substantial pollution reduction. This study presents …

Policy support matters for the success of public policies. It is still unclear how governments
can garner support for policies with high costs. Using a conjoint experiment in China, we …

While economic growth is often emphasized as crucial for developing nations to maintain
political support, the impact of social welfare provision in such countries remains unclear …

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a distinctive opportunity to reassess trust in
government by evaluating its performance amidst a critical crisis. This paper employs a …

Autocrats often disseminate propaganda to boast about their redistributive efforts. Why is
such propaganda so prevalent in autocracies? We propose a novel explanation …

Why would a strong authoritarian state choose not to enforce its own policy? We extend the
theory of forbearance to the authoritarian context and incorporate both the supply and …

Extant studies on policy feedback effects have examined how a welfare increase, rather than
a decrease, might shape policy attitudes or political engagement. Nevertheless, exploring …

We investigate the effects of cash transfer programs on adolescent females' likelihood to
vote in Malawi using data from a randomized control experiment. We find that cash transfers …

This study uses discontinuities in trust in physicians during one's growth to estimate its
impact on the health of adolescents. It identifies the effects by exploiting the threshold cutoff …