Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295962 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16939
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We track the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on political preferences through 'high' and 'low' phases of the pandemic. We ask about the effects of the health and the economic costs of the pandemic measured at both personal and municipality levels. Consistent with the literature, we estimate effects suggestive of political accountability of leaders during 'high' pandemic phases. However, we also find that the pandemic political accountability effects are mostly short-lived, and do not extend to the first post-pandemic elections.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
political accountability
JEL: 
D72
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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