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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2022
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Discussion Papers No. 22-01
Verlag: 
University of Bern, Department of Economics, Bern
Zusammenfassung: 
We investigate how politico-economic factors shaped government responses to the spread of COVID-19. Our simple framework uses epidemiological, economic and politico-economic arguments. Confronting the theory with US state level data we find strong evidence for partisanship even when we control for fundamentals including the electorate's political views. Moreover, we detect an important role for the proximity of elections which we interpret as indicative of career concerns. Finally, we find suggestive evidence for complementarities between voluntary activity reductions and government imposed restrictions.
Schlagwörter: 
COVID-19
lockdown
politics
JEL: 
I18
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