Populism and Political (Mis-)Belief Effect on Individual Adherence to Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

Barbieri, Paolo Nicola; B, Bonini

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“…Research suggests that how scientific evidence is framed can influence public perception [ 20 ], with potential negative consequences when public debate is politicized [ 21 , 22 ]. This occurs whenever the inherent uncertainty of scientific evidence is emphasized or omitted to promote a political agenda [ 23 ].…”

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Dangerous liaisons: an online experiment on the role of scientific experts and politicians in ensuring public support for anti-COVID measures

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The effectiveness of public health measures to prevent COVID-19 contagion has required less vulnerable citizens to pay an individual cost in terms of personal liberty infringement to protect more vulnerable groups. However, the close relationship between scientific experts and politicians in providing information on COVID-19 measures makes it difficult to understand which communication source was more effective in increasing pro-social behaviour. Here, we present an online experiment performed in May 2020, during the first wave of the pandemic on 1131 adult residents in Lombardy, Italy, one of the world's hardest hit regions. Results showed that when scientific experts recommended anti-contagion measures, participants were more sensitive to pro-social motivations, unlike whenever these measures were recommended by politicians and scientific experts together. Our findings suggest the importance of trusted sources in public communication during a pandemic.

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“…This problem has spilled over into the socio-political discourse ( [61]; [7]) and even prompted acts of violence ( [30]). But the pandemic and its associated social response o er a real-time opportunity to assess the individual's relationship to another and thereby detail boundaries of self-other distinction.…”

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Gambling on Others’ Health: Risky Pro-social Decision-Making in the Era of Covid19

Loued-Khenissi¹,

Corradi‐Dell’Acqua²

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The current Covid-19 pandemic has demanded a degree of sacrifice from individuals for the sake of the greater good. Individuals have taken costly actions, both volitional and imposed, to reduce harm to strangers. The pandemic oers a unique opportunity to examine a fundamental question: where does the distinction between self and other lie? This question can be framed as a moral dilemma between competing motives of self-serving and pro-social behavior. Given the multifaceted uncer- tainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, we propose to assess self-other distinction using models of decision-making under risk. We administered two surveys, where participants selected between sure and risky treatments for fictitious diseases, for themselves, a loved one and a stranger. Choice of treatment option showed risk-seeking tendencies that decreased with expected disease severity, across all targets, suggesting risk preferences for the other parallel those for the self. However, distinctions across targets emerged when decisions were conditioned on treatment cost, with sure treatments cho- sen more often for self and a close other; and sure treatment assigned a higher price for diseases with low expected severity, for self and other. These findings inform on what constitutes a measure of self-other distinction; and the limits of what can be asked of an individual in service to a stranger.

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“…We will proxy for poverty using dwelling overcrowding at the municipality level and the average availability of basic public services such as piped water, sewage, and trash collections in the municipalities households (Brown et al, 2020). In addition, we assess whether AMLO's or HLG's press conference have a differential association by political affiliation, as has been documented in other countries (see Allcott et al (2020); Barbieri and Bonini (2020) 2020; Barrios and Hochberg (2020); and…”

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Leadership, Public Health Messaging, and Containment of Mobility in Mexico During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Latin American and the Caribbean Economic Association. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but LACEA takes no institutional policy positions.LACEA working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.

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Populism and Political (Mis-)Belief Effect on Individual Adherence to Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

Cited by 17 publications

References 67 publications

Dangerous liaisons: an online experiment on the role of scientific experts and politicians in ensuring public support for anti-COVID measures

Dangerous liaisons: an online experiment on the role of scientific experts and politicians in ensuring public support for anti-COVID measures

Gambling on Others’ Health: Risky Pro-social Decision-Making in the Era of Covid19

Leadership, Public Health Messaging, and Containment of Mobility in Mexico During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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