Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232401 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 8804
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
To investigate how Covid-19 is shaping the way Europeans think about institutions, we conducted a large online survey experiment during the first wave of the epidemic (June). With a randomised survey ow we varied whether respondents are given Covid-related treatment questions first, before answering the outcome questions. We find that the crisis has severely undermined trust in politicians, the media, the EU and social welfare spending financed by taxes. This is mainly due to economic insecurity, but also because of health concerns. We also uncover a rallying effect around (scientific) expertise combined with populist policies losing ground.
Subjects: 
Covid-19
institutional trust
political attitudes
online survey experiment
European Union
welfare
taxation
populism
JEL: 
D72
H51
H53
H55
O52
P52
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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