Expectations and the response: Evidence from the COVID-19 crisis in Saudi Arabia

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the individuals and the industry have been affected and expect some support from the local government to negotiate the crisis. This paper attempts to identify the factors which have been significant in this crisis and analyzes the government's response to such factors. The research is based on a survey of respondents from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and uses the exploratory factor analysis apart from other techniques for analysis. One of the significant finding of the research is that the local respondents approve of the government's support and policies to handle this pandemic and that they expect the economy to focus on localization to negotiate this crisis.