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Abstract：
We analyze the relationship between different dimensions of the quality of the political system and the outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data are retrieved from open-access databases for 98 countries. We apply a multivariable regression model to identify the relationship between various factors likely to affect the number of COVID-19 deaths, in addition to different dimensions of the quality of the political system. We find that the high quality of the electoral process in a country is associated with more COVID-19 deaths, while good political culture is associated with fewer deaths. As expected, we also find that trust in government and experiences with pandemics in the past is negatively related to COVID-19 deaths. Finally, a high GDP per capita is significantly associated with more COVID-19 deaths. Our findings illustrate that rapid, effective, and comprehensive government measures can protect society from the spread of a virus, but citizen compliance is also essential to policy success.
摘要：
我们分析了政治系统质量的不同维度与COVID-19大流行结果之间的关系。从98个国家的开放存取数据库检索数据。我们应用多变量回归模型来确定可能影响COVID-19死亡人数的各种因素之间的关系，除了政治制度质量的不同维度。我们发现，一个国家选举过程的高质量与更多的COVID-19死亡有关，而良好的政治文化与更少的死亡有关。不出所料,我们还发现，对政府的信任和过去的大流行经验与COVID-19死亡呈负相关。最后,高人均GDP与更多的COVID-19死亡显著相关。我们的研究结果表明，快速，有效,全面的政府措施可以保护社会免受病毒传播，但是公民的遵守对政策的成功也至关重要。
