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ArticleHeliyon2024

Culture and political regimes: How have they influenced the effectiveness of COVID-19 response policy?

Peizhen Wu, Zhen Sun

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Peizhen WuInstitute of Economics, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Zhen SunInstitute of Economics, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates the efficacy of national emergency response policies in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and their interactions with cultural and political factors. Employing the synthetic control method, we analyze data from countries on five continents that implemented such policies in early 2020. Our results indicate the overall effectiveness of these policies in mitigating the impact of COVID-19 yet reveal significant variability in their outcomes among countries. Notably, we identify a negative association between policy effectiveness and a culture characterized by individualism. Additionally, we observe that the impact of COVID-19 response measures is more prominent in countries with lower levels of democracy. These findings offer valuable insights into the intricate interplay between COVID-19 response policies, cultural dynamics, and political regimes, with potential implications for future policy decisions and research endeavors.

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CollectivismCOVID-19 pandemicDemocracyIndividualismNational emergency policy

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