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dc.contributor.authorSebhatu, Abiel
dc.contributor.authorWennberg, Karl
dc.contributor.authorArora-Jonsson, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorLindberg, Staffan I.
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-13T08:37:21Z
dc.date.available2020-08-13T08:37:21Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/66089
dc.description.abstractThe need for non-pharmaceutical interventions aimed at curtailing the spread of infectious diseases depends crucially on country-specific demographic and public health situations. However, the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic saw an almost homogeneously rapid adoption of such interventions across otherwise heterogeneous countries. We analyze the adoption of disease-transmission interventions in the OECD countries, and find that they are only weakly predicted by standard epidemiological indicators (confirmed infections, deaths, intensive care capacity) but strongly predicted by standard indicators in the literature on diffusion of interventions (number countries adopting the same policy; in particular, the number of proximate countries). We also examine whether the level of democracy in a given country influences the speed at which it adopts such interventions. We provide insights for research on international policy diffusion and the emerging strand of research pondering the political consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.sv
dc.description.sponsorshipWennberg acknowledges funding from the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters. Lindberg acknowledges funding from European Research Council, Consolidator Grant 724191, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to Wallenberg Academy Fellow Staffan I. Lindberg, Grant 2018.0144, as well as co-funding from the University of Gothenburg.sv
dc.format.extent39sv
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.publisherV-Dem Institutesv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Paperssv
dc.relation.ispartofseries2020:104sv
dc.relation.urihttps://www.v-dem.net/media/filer_public/fb/46/fb4646f9-c7aa-4fbe-8c8f-5acffce597fa/wp_104_final.pdfsv
dc.subjectCovid-19 Pandemicsv
dc.subjectPolicy diffusionsv
dc.titleExplaining the Homogeneous Diffusion of Covid-19 Policies among Heterogenous Countriessv
dc.typeTextsv
dc.type.sveparticle, peer reviewed scientificsv
dc.contributor.organizationV-Dem Institutesv


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