全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Electoral Concerns Reduce Restrictive Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w27498
来源ID	Working Paper 27498
	Electoral Concerns Reduce Restrictive Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic
	Massimo Pulejo; Pablo Querubín
发表日期	2020-07-13
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	The outbreak of COVID-19 has called for swift action by governments, often involving the adoption of restrictive measures such as lockdowns. In this context, leaders have faced a trade-off between imposing stringent measures to limit the contagion, and minimizing the costs on their national economy, which could impact their electoral prospects. Leveraging on both the timing of elections and the constitutional term limits faced by leaders, we document how incumbents who can run for re-election implement less stringent restrictions when the election is closer in time. The effect is driven by measures more likely to have a negative economic impact. This shows how electoral concerns help explain the observed differences in the response to COVID-19 across different countries.
主题	Microeconomics ; Welfare and Collective Choice ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; COVID-19
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w27498
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/585172
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Massimo Pulejo,Pablo Querubín. Electoral Concerns Reduce Restrictive Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2020.

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