The 'Great Lockdown' and its determinants.

Category Primary study
JournalEconomics letters
Year 2020
Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, countries on the same pandemic trajectory have adopted very different lockdown strategies. Using data for over 132 countries, and employing an event-study design, this paper identifies the role of political, economic and institutional factors in explaining the differential timing and intensity of stringency measures undertaken.
Epistemonikos ID: 53bc7385d2b308d00b1b7385aa97edfdfed0a9b0
First added on: Oct 27, 2020