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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Vaccine nationalism counterintuitively erodes public trust in leaders |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Psychological Science |
| Publisher | Sage Publications |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0956-7976 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Number | 12 |
| Page Range | 1309 - 1321 |
| Date | 2023 |
| Abstract Text | Global access to resources like vaccines is key for containing the spread of infectious diseases. However, wealthy countries often pursue nationalistic policies, stockpiling doses rather than redistributing them globally. One possible motivation behind vaccine nationalism is a belief among policymakers that citizens will mistrust leaders who prioritize global needs over domestic protection. In seven experiments (total N = 4,215 adults), we demonstrate that such concerns are misplaced: Nationally representative samples across multiple countries with large vaccine surpluses (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States) trusted redistributive leaders more than nationalistic leaders—even the more nationalistic participants. This preference generalized across different diseases and manifested in both self-reported and behavioral measures of trust. Professional civil servants, however, had the opposite intuition and predicted higher trust in nationalistic leaders, and a nonexpert sample also failed to predict higher trust in redistributive leaders. We discuss how policymakers’ inaccurate intuitions might originate from overestimating others’ self-interest. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1177/09567976231204699 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:24331 |
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| Keywords | General psychology, trust, utilitarianism, COVID-19, vaccine redistribution, vaccine nationalism, open data, open materials, preregistered |