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Drivers of COVID-19 Stay at Home Orders: Epidemiologic, Economic, or Political Concerns?

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  • Lea-Rachel Kosnik

    (University of Missouri-St. Louis)

  • Allen Bellas

    (Metropolitan State University)

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What factors affected whether or not a U.S. state governor issued a state-wide stay-at-home order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic of early 2020? Once issued, what factors affected the length of this stay-at-home order? Using duration analysis, we test a number of epidemiological, economic, and political factors for their impact on a state governor’s decision to ultimately issue, and then terminate, blanket stay-at-home orders across the 50 U.S. states. Results indicate that while epidemiologic and economic variables had some impact on the delay to initiation and length of the stay-at-home orders, political factors dominated both the initiation and ultimate duration of stay-at-home orders across the United States.

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  • Lea-Rachel Kosnik & Allen Bellas, 2020. "Drivers of COVID-19 Stay at Home Orders: Epidemiologic, Economic, or Political Concerns?," Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Springer, vol. 4(3), pages 503-514, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ediscc:v:4:y:2020:i:3:d:10.1007_s41885-020-00073-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s41885-020-00073-0
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; Pandemic; Stay at home order; Public policy; Health; Coronavirus;
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    JEL classification:

    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health

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