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Replication Data for: Corruption and Political Support: The Case of Peru’s Vacuna-gate Scandal

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Title Replication Data for: Corruption and Political Support: The Case of Peru’s Vacuna-gate Scandal
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KAPALW
 
Creator Castorena, Oscar
Lupu, Noam
Wolsky, Adam
Zechmeister, Elizabeth J.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Classic theories of public opinion suggest that negative shocks can undermine system
support in weak democracies, but scant work has systematically assessed this thesis.
We identify Peru’s explosive Vacuna-gate scandal as a most likely case for finding a
connection between corruption and political support. The scandal’s unexpected
revelation in the middle of the 2021 AmericasBarometer Peru survey created
conditions for a natural experiment. Applying an unexpected-event-during-survey
design, we consider the consequences of the scandal for perceptions of corruption,
system support, and support for democracy. We find robust evidence that the scandal
increased even already high perceptions of corruption and lowered system support.
Contrary to expectations derived from prior theories, we find no effect on explicit
support for democracy. In the conclusion we discuss the nuanced ways that scandal
may shape democratic stability.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Survey
Public Opinion
Corruption
 
Date 2023-02-02
 
Contributor Lupu, Noam