What will be political legacy of the Coronavirus pandemic? We find that epidemic exposure in what psychologists refer … time of the epidemic. In line with this argument, our results are mostly driven by individuals who experienced epidemics … under weak governments with less capacity to act against the epidemic, disappointing their citizens. We provide evidence …

We ask whether epidemic exposure leads to a shift in financial technology usage within and across countries and if so … who participates in this shift. We exploit a dataset combining Gallup World Polls and Global Findex surveys for some 250 …. Epidemic exposure is associated with an increase in remote-access (online/mobile) banking and substitution from bank branch …