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 ...
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.