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Epidemien und Amtsinhaber

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  • Luisa Dörr
  • Klaus Gründler
  • Philipp Heil
  • Martin Mosler
  • Niklas Potrafke

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Empirische Studien legen nahe, dass politische Amtsinhaber von Naturkatastrophen profitieren können. Gilt dies auch für Epidemien? Deskriptive Statistiken für die deutschen Regierungsparteien auf Bundes- und Landesebene zeigen eindrucksvoll, dass die Zustimmung zu politischen Amtsinhabern in Zeiten der Coronakrise gestiegen ist. Besonders stark hat die Union in der Wählergunst von der Krise profitiert. Die Unsicherheit in Zeiten der Coronakrise ist groß. Bürgerinnen und Bürger scheinen daher verstärkt auf im Amt bewährte Politiker zu vertrauen, sie für gutes Krisenmanagement zu belohnen und sich zu Krisenzeiten keinen Wechsel in Regierungsämtern zuzumuten.

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  • Luisa Dörr & Klaus Gründler & Philipp Heil & Martin Mosler & Niklas Potrafke, 2020. "Epidemien und Amtsinhaber," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 73(07), pages 47-51, July.
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    • H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
    • D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General

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