Economics of the Middle East Research Group & School of Business and Economics, Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 12, 35037, Marburg, Germany.
CESifo, Munich, Germany.
Sci Rep. 2021 Dec 6;11(1):23423. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-02802-1.
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has resulted in the death of over four million people since late 2019. To reduce the human and economic costs of COVID-19, different vaccines have been developed and distributed across countries. There has been significant cross-country variation in the vaccination of people against COVID-19. In this study, we focus on public corruption to explain the significant cause of cross-country variation in immunization progress. We suggest that countries with a higher degree of public corruption have been less successful in the vaccination of their population, controlling for other important determinants of immunization progress.
自 2019 年底以来,冠状病毒病(COVID-19)疫情已导致超过 400 万人死亡。为了降低 COVID-19 的人员和经济成本,不同的疫苗已经在各国开发和分发。在 COVID-19 的疫苗接种方面,各国之间存在着显著的差异。在这项研究中,我们关注公共腐败,以解释免疫进展的跨国差异的重要原因。我们认为,公共腐败程度较高的国家在为其民众接种疫苗方面较为不成功,同时控制了免疫进展的其他重要决定因素。