More Than Words: Leaders’ Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic

This paper investigates whether the anti-scientific rhetoric of modern populists can induce followers to engage in risky behavior. We gather electoral information, credit card expenses, and geo-localized mobile phone data for approximately 60 million devices in Brazil. After the president publicly d...

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Autores principales: Ajzenman, Nicolás, Cavalcanti, Tiago, Da Mata, Daniel
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Publicado: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 2024
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Covid-19
Liderazgo político
Political leadership
Pandemia
Fake news
Risky behavior
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13067
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spelling I57-R163-20.500.13098-130672024-09-28T07:00:24Z More Than Words: Leaders’ Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic Ajzenman, Nicolás Cavalcanti, Tiago Da Mata, Daniel Covid-19 Liderazgo político Political leadership Pandemia Fake news Risky behavior This paper investigates whether the anti-scientific rhetoric of modern populists can induce followers to engage in risky behavior. We gather electoral information, credit card expenses, and geo-localized mobile phone data for approximately 60 million devices in Brazil. After the president publicly dismissed the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic and challenged scientific recommendations, social distancing in pro-government localities declined. Consistently, credit card expenses increased immediately. Results are driven by localities with higher media penetration levels, active Twitter accounts, and a larger proportion of Evangelical Christians, a critical electoral group. 2024-09-27T21:09:20Z 2024-09-27T21:09:20Z 2020-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13067 eng Documento de Trabajo. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ar/ 36 p. application/pdf application/pdf Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Escuela de Gobierno Centro para la Evaluación de Políticas basadas en Evidencia (CEPE)
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topic Covid-19
Liderazgo político
Political leadership
Pandemia
Fake news
Risky behavior
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Liderazgo político
Political leadership
Pandemia
Fake news
Risky behavior
Ajzenman, Nicolás
Cavalcanti, Tiago
Da Mata, Daniel
More Than Words: Leaders’ Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic
topic_facet Covid-19
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Political leadership
Pandemia
Fake news
Risky behavior
description This paper investigates whether the anti-scientific rhetoric of modern populists can induce followers to engage in risky behavior. We gather electoral information, credit card expenses, and geo-localized mobile phone data for approximately 60 million devices in Brazil. After the president publicly dismissed the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic and challenged scientific recommendations, social distancing in pro-government localities declined. Consistently, credit card expenses increased immediately. Results are driven by localities with higher media penetration levels, active Twitter accounts, and a larger proportion of Evangelical Christians, a critical electoral group.
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title More Than Words: Leaders’ Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic
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