Pick Your Poison: Political Condition, Economic Structure, and COVID-19 Response in Malaysia and Indonesia

• In Event: Cross-National Comparisons in Policy Responses to COVID-19

Brief Overview

Malaysian government implemented more centralized and drastic anti-Covid policies. The paper suggests that this is because the Malaysian government could bear economic costs and also seize the opportunity to solidify its rule.

Author

• TianYi Zhao, Binghamton University