Replication Data for: Vaccine Diplomacy: How COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in Latin America Increases Trust in Foreign Governments

Vaccine distribution in the Global South has created opportunities for vaccine-developing countries to improve their international reputations. Leveraging a panel survey conducted in early 2021, we evaluate whether “vaccine diplomacy” affects trust in foreign governments in six Latin American countries. Among vaccinated respondents, we find that trust in the government of the country that they believed developed their vaccine increased relative to trust in the governments of other foreign powers. Furthermore, providing information about the aggregate distribution of vaccines within a respondent’s country increased vaccine-eligible respondents’ trust in the governments of countries from which more vaccines were delivered. In each case, greater trust principally reflects updated perceptions of a common good motivation. Our empirical findings suggest that vaccine distribution—especially for China, but for other vaccine-developing countries as well—can cultivate favorable international public opinion. This may in turn facilitate great powers’ economic, political, or military foreign policy goals. --- This directory replicates the analysis in "Vaccine Diplomacy: How COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in Latin America Increases Trust in Foreign Governments," by Barham, Daly, Gerez, Marshall, and Pocasangre. Be sure to read the readme.txt file before running the code.