When we talk about state capacity to deal with COVID, we shouldn’t ignore interpersonal trust
Besley, T.
& Dann, C.
(5 January 2022)
When we talk about state capacity to deal with COVID, we shouldn’t ignore interpersonal trust.
LSE COVID-19 Blog.
Countries with the fiscal means to pay people to stay at home had an advantage during the pandemic. But there is also an important association between levels of interpersonal trust and COVID mortality, say Tim Besley and Chris Dann (LSE) — and this aspect of state capacity could prove to have been very important.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2022 The Authors |
| Departments |
LSE > Academic Departments > Economics LSE > Research Centres > STICERD |
| Date Deposited | 14 Mar 2022 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/114134 |
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- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
- HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
- https://www.lse.ac.uk/economics/people/faculty/tim-besley (Author)
- https://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/people/person.asp?id=10829 (Author)
- https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2022/01/05/when-we-talk-about-state-capacity-to-deal-with-covid-we-shouldnt-ignore-interpersonal-trust/
- https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/ (Official URL)
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