The impact of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on social capital in Japan: Trust before and after the disaster

Veszteg, Róbert F.; Funaki, Yukihiko; Tanaka, Aiji

doi:10.1177/0192512113509501

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“…The natural experiment in Veszteg, Funaki, and Tanaka () is an exception in this literature. The authors elicited behavior in the trust game using a survey that was carried out before and after an earthquake and tsunami hit a region in Japan.…”

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Do Negative Random Shocks Affect Trust and Trustworthiness?

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Gillet

Rodríguez-Lara

2018

Southern Economic Journal

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We report data from a variation of the trust game aimed at determining whether (and how) inequality and random shocks that affect wealth influence the levels of trust and trustworthiness. To tease apart the effect of the shock and the inequality, we compare behavior in a trust game where the inequality is initially given and one where it is the result of a random shock that reduces the second mover's endowment. We find that first-movers send less to second-movers but only when the inequality results from a random shock. As for the amount returned, second-movers return less when they are endowed less than first-movers, regardless of whether the difference in endowments was initially given or occurred after a random shock.

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Do Negative Random Shocks Affect Trust and Trustworthiness?

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Rodríguez-Lara

2018

Southern Economic Journal

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“…Although Japan may not have high social capital, mutual trust as a form of social capital that promotes social cooperation will likely increase after the crisis (Veszteg, Funaki, & Tanaka, 2015). A strong social voluntary cooperation norm is apparent for two reasons under the threat of COVID-19.…”

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Combating COVID-19 through Collaborative Governance: Lessons from East Asia

Mao

2020

Chinese Public Administration Review

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Collaborative governance plays a significant role in crisis management and greatly contributes to the fight against COVID-19. This article demonstrates how East Asia effectively combats COVID-19 through collaboration with enterprises, nonprofit organizations, and citizens. By comparing different countries’ responses, this study proposes three different types of collaborative governance models employed in combating the pandemic, namely the Chinese state-led cooperation model, South Korea’s state-society synergy model, and Japan’s social voluntary cooperation model. The findings demonstrate that there is no one-size-fits-all model to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. The specific response initiative that the government adopts is shaped by its state intervention and coercion capacity, as well as the social voluntary cooperation norm. Each country should take anti-pandemic measures based on its specific conditions. Achieving a balance between preventing the pandemic and maintaining social economic development is a challenge for governments. The three collaboration models drawn from the East Asian experience provide valuable lessons for combating the global pandemic and future crises.

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“…Many disaster scholars disagree with this approach. They suggest that cultural values ought to be considered by the authorities in order to increase trust and lessen outrage in disaster (Guion et al, 2007;Romo-Murphy et al, 2011;Veszteg et al, 2015;Gultom, 2016).…”

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Disaster Communication in Managing Vulnerabilities

Moorthy

Benny

Gill

2018

JKMJC

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The management of information among various stakeholders in natural and human induced disasters is fundamental to the mitigation and effective disaster-relieve operations. Efficient information exchanges are a vital component of disaster response and relief operations. This is based on the idea that precise and timely information is made available prior, during and after disasters. Disasters always happen abruptly, and often with different levels of severity, posing a major challenge for effective information exchanges and coordination. Extended droughts, trans-boundary haze, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, landslides, volcanic activities and severe weathers have created havoc and displaced populations in many parts of this continent. These events have given rise to the realization that a more strenuous attempts to uncover the emerging patterns in disaster communication. By drawing from experiences in disasters, especially in Asia, the paper firstly conceptualizes disaster, vulnerabilities and disaster communication, in the broader literature on disaster. Secondly, it examines how the emerging features, such as disaster communication and coordination mechanism, the role of social media and technology, reliability of communication systems, social capital and cultural knowledge can assist first responders, care givers and disaster related agencies in helping disaster victims more effectively.

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The impact of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on social capital in Japan: Trust before and after the disaster

Cited by 32 publications

References 40 publications

Do Negative Random Shocks Affect Trust and Trustworthiness?

Do Negative Random Shocks Affect Trust and Trustworthiness?

Combating COVID-19 through Collaborative Governance: Lessons from East Asia

Disaster Communication in Managing Vulnerabilities

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