Electoral concerns reduce restrictive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic
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- Massimo Pulejo & Pablo Querubín, 2020. "Electoral Concerns Reduce Restrictive Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic," NBER Working Papers 27498, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
COVID-19; Public policy; Public health; Elections; Restrictions; Lockdown;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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