COVID-19 and political preferences through stages of the pandemic: the case of the Czech Republic

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Bičáková, Alena - Jurajda, Štěpán
COVID-19 and political preferences through stages of the pandemic: the case of the Czech Republic.
Prague: CERGE-EI, 2024. 34 s. CERGE-EI Working Paper Series, 778. ISSN 2788-0443
Institutional support: Cooperatio-COOP
Keywords : COVID-19 * political preferences * election outcomes
OECD category: Applied Economics, Econometrics
https://www.cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp778.pdf

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.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0353087