Does 'Data fudging' explain the autocratic advantage? Evidence from the gap between Official Covid-19 mortality and excess mortality

• 主要な著者: Eric Neumayer (著者), Thomas Plümper (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: Elsevier, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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Governments can underreport Covid-19 mortality to make their performance appear more successful than it is. Autocracies are more likely to 'fudge' these data since many autocratic regimes restrict media freedom and thus can prevent domestic media from reporting evidence of undercounting de...