Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Health Econ. 2022 Sep;31(9):2025-2049. doi: 10.1002/hec.4560. Epub 2022 Jul 2.
In this paper, we examine the relationship between political polarization and individuals' willingness to contribute to the public good by engaging in preventative behaviors against COVID-19. Using a sample of individuals from close-election states, we first show that individuals engage in fewer preventative behaviors when the governor of their state is from the opposite party. We also show that this effect is concentrated among moderate individuals who live in polarized states, and that it is strongest when the state has been relatively forceful in combating COVID-19. We estimate that the opposite-party effect increased COVID-19 cases by around 1%.
在本文中，我们考察了政治极化与个人通过采取 COVID-19 预防行为为公共利益做贡献的意愿之间的关系。我们使用来自选举结果接近的州的个体样本，首先表明当所在州的州长来自对立党派时，个体采取的预防行为会减少。我们还表明，这种效应主要集中在处于极化状态的温和派个体中，而且在州政府在对抗 COVID-19 方面较为强硬时效应最强。我们估计，对立党派效应使 COVID-19 病例增加了约 1%。
