Using the Global Behaviors and Perceptions in the COVID-19 Pandemic dataset covering 108,918 respondents from 178 countries, the paper examines the determinants of public trust in governments during the COVID-19. It is found that older and healthy people trust more to their governments. Education is negatively related to trust in governments. The results are robust to consider different measures of trust in government as well as including various controls, such as precautionary behaviors, first-order beliefs, second-order beliefs, and the COVID-19 prevalence in the country. The findings are also valid for countries at different stages of economic development as well to varying levels of globalization, institutional quality, and freedom of the press.

该论文使用覆盖来自 178 个国家/地区的 108,918 名受访者的 COVID-19 大流行数据集中的全球行为和认知，研究了 COVID-19 期间公众对政府信任的决定因素。研究发现，老年人和健康的人更信任他们的政府。教育与对政府的信任呈负相关。考虑到对政府的不同信任措施以及各种控制措施，例如预防行为、一阶信念、二阶信念和 COVID-19 在该国的流行，结果是稳健的。研究结果也适用于处于不同经济发展阶段的国家，以及不同程度的全球化、制度质量和新闻自由。