TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Baccini, Leonardo
AU  - Brodeur, Abel
        TI  - Explaining Governors' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
        PY  - 2020/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13137
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13137
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - COVID-19
KW  - pandemic
KW  - ideology
KW  - governors
KW  - United States
        ER  -