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The logics of COVID-19 travel restrictions between European countries
Eric Neumayer1, Thomas Plümper2, Matthew Shaikh2
1Department of Geography & Environment London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) London UK.
Objectives:
The article analyzes the existence of bilateral travel restrictions between European countries during the second wave of the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic. The paper tests three sets of theoretically derived predictions, which follow epidemiological, economic, and political logics.
Method:
We analyze a sample of directed bilateral travel restrictions between 27 European countries: 27.26 = 702 country dyads over a period of 6 months during the second wave of the pandemic.
Results:
We find robust and relevant results for the difference in incidence rates, for income from tourism, for trust in government and public administration and for political inclusiveness.
Conclusion:
Our analyses demonstrates that economic and political logics exert a strong influence on containment measures and thus stress the relevance of forming a large societal and political coalition against the pandemic.
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