Traditional Leaders and the 2014–2015 Ebola Epidemic
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 6388127 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Peter Van Der Windt (0000-0003-1487-473X, New York University), Maarten Voors (0000-0001-5907-3253, Wageningen University & Research) |
| Ano | 2020 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Fascículo | 4 |
| Páginas | 1607-1611 |
| Data de publicação | 2020-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Editora | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/708777 |
| OpenAlex | W3008709113 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 14 |
| Referências citadas | 20 |
We assess the role of traditional authorities during an acute health crisis, the 2014–15 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone. We exploit plausible exogenous variation in the political competition for local chieftaincy positions and find evidence that traditional leaders helped shape the course of the epidemic. Locations with more “powerful” chiefs experienced substantially fewer recorded Ebola cases. We argue that this result is consistent with a view of traditional authorities as “stationary bandits,” in which leaders are locally embedded and thus benefited directly from controlling the spread of the disease. Subsequently, control measures were most effectively implemented by more powerful chiefs
Biology · Competition (biology · Computer security · Development economics · Disease · Ebola virus · Economic growth · Economics · Epidemic disease · Exploit · Political science · Politics · Sierra leone · Agricultural risk and resilience · Computer Science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Medicine · Political Conflict and Governance · Virology
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| Obras citantes distintas | 14 |
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| Citações por ano | 2,33 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 14 |