The Interplay of Policy and Institutions during COVID-19

The Interplay of Policy and Institutions during COVID-19

Are COVID-19 spread and mortality related to different countries’ government mobility restriction policies, democratic institutions, and cultural norms? Leveraging data from 140 countries, we find that policy, institutions, and vulnerabilities interact to determine pandemic spread and mortality. A d...

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Main Authors: Fang, Sheng, Peng, Mike W., Xu, L. Colin, Yi, Yuanyuan
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor and Francis 2022
Subjects:
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC SPREAD
MORTALITY
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
LCOKDOWN
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURE
DOMESTIC MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36822
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spelling okr-10986-368222022-01-28T16:13:19Z The Interplay of Policy and Institutions during COVID-19 Fang, Sheng Peng, Mike W. Xu, L. Colin Yi, Yuanyuan CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC SPREAD MORTALITY PANDEMIC RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY LCOKDOWN INSTITUTIONS CULTURE DOMESTIC MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS Are COVID-19 spread and mortality related to different countries’ government mobility restriction policies, democratic institutions, and cultural norms? Leveraging data from 140 countries, we find that policy, institutions, and vulnerabilities interact to determine pandemic spread and mortality. A delay in restricting international mobility increases pandemic mortality. Combining vulnerabilities with a delay in domestic mobility restrictions increases mortality. Democratic countries have faster policy responses and lower pandemic mortality, but they also face more adverse effects from a delay in restricting domestic mobility. More individualistic countries have a higher pandemic spread, and their delay in domestic mobility restrictions is associated with higher pandemic mortality. 2022-01-14T20:19:00Z 2022-01-14T20:19:00Z 2021-09-27 Journal Article The International Trade Journal 0885-3908 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36822 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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topic CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC SPREAD
MORTALITY
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
LCOKDOWN
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURE
DOMESTIC MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS
spellingShingle CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC SPREAD
MORTALITY
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
LCOKDOWN
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURE
DOMESTIC MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS
Fang, Sheng
Peng, Mike W.
Xu, L. Colin
Yi, Yuanyuan
The Interplay of Policy and Institutions during COVID-19
description Are COVID-19 spread and mortality related to different countries’ government mobility restriction policies, democratic institutions, and cultural norms? Leveraging data from 140 countries, we find that policy, institutions, and vulnerabilities interact to determine pandemic spread and mortality. A delay in restricting international mobility increases pandemic mortality. Combining vulnerabilities with a delay in domestic mobility restrictions increases mortality. Democratic countries have faster policy responses and lower pandemic mortality, but they also face more adverse effects from a delay in restricting domestic mobility. More individualistic countries have a higher pandemic spread, and their delay in domestic mobility restrictions is associated with higher pandemic mortality.
format Journal Article
author Fang, Sheng
Peng, Mike W.
Xu, L. Colin
Yi, Yuanyuan
author_facet Fang, Sheng
Peng, Mike W.
Xu, L. Colin
Yi, Yuanyuan
author_sort Fang, Sheng
title The Interplay of Policy and Institutions during COVID-19
title_short The Interplay of Policy and Institutions during COVID-19
title_full The Interplay of Policy and Institutions during COVID-19
title_fullStr The Interplay of Policy and Institutions during COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed The Interplay of Policy and Institutions during COVID-19
title_sort interplay of policy and institutions during covid-19
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2022
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36822
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