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Drivers of COVID-19 Stay at Home Orders: Epidemiologic, Economic, or Political Concerns?
Lea-Rachel Kosnik1, Allen Bellas2
1Department of Economics, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121-4499 USA.
Abstract:
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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