Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/307046 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Regulatory Economics [ISSN:] 1573-0468 [Volume:] 62 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer US [Place:] New York, NY [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1-23
Publisher: 
Springer US, New York, NY
Abstract: 
Non-pharmaceutical interventions are an effective strategy to prevent and control COVID-19 transmission in the community. However, the timing and stringency to which these measures have been implemented varied between countries and regions. The differences in stringency can only to a limited extent be explained by the number of infections and the prevailing vaccination strategies. Our study aims to shed more light on the lockdown strategies and to identify the determinants underlying the differences between countries on regional, economic, institutional, and political level. Based on daily panel data for 173 countries and the period from January 2020 to October 2021 we find significant regional differences in lockdown strategies. Further, more prosperous countries implemented milder restrictions but responded more quickly, while poorer countries introduced more stringent measures but had a longer response time. Finally, democratic regimes and stronger manifested institutions alleviated and slowed down the introduction of lockdown measures.
Subjects: 
Pandemics
COVID-19
Non-pharmaceutical interventions
Lockdown
Economics
JEL: 
I18
C23
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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