%0 Report
        %A Baccini, Leonardo
%A Brodeur, Abel
        %T Explaining Governors' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
        %D 2020
        %8 2020 Apr
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 13137
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13137
        %X What is the response of US governors to the COVID-19 pandemic? In this research note, we explore the determinants of implementing stay-at-home orders, focusing on governors' characteristics. In our most conservative estimate, being a Democratic governor increases the probability of implementing a stay-at-home order by more than 50 percent. Moreover, we find that the probability of implementing a statewide stay-at-home order is about 40 percent more likely for governors without a term limit than governors with a term limit. We also find that Democratic governors and governors without a term limit are significantly faster to adopt statewide orders than Republican governors and governors with a term limit. There is evidence of politics as usual in these unusual times.
        %K COVID-19
%K pandemic
%K ideology
%K governors
%K United States