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ArticleSouthern economic journal2021

The political economy of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peter Boettke, Benjamin Powell

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Article in Southern economic journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. On Coase and COVID-19.European journal of law and economics · 2022
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  13. Pandemics, economic freedom, and institutional trade-offs.European journal of law and economics · 2022
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  14. Rights redistribution and COVID-19 lockdown policy.European journal of law and economics · 2022
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  18. Externality and COVID-19.Southern economic journal · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Peter BoettkeDepartment of Economics George Mason University Fairfax Virginia USA.
Benjamin PowellFree Market Institute, Texas Tech University Lubbock Texas USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We argue that the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic by all levels of government around the world is not consistent with recommendations from standard welfare economics. Thus, it is important to ask why such policies have been adopted. That opens the door to examining the political economy of the COVID-19 pandemic. This requires examining the incentives and information that confront policymakers and voters and the institutional environments that shape their incentives and information. This lead article frames questions addressed in the remainder of the symposium.

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COVID‐19pandemicpolitical economypublic choicetransmission externality

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PMID33821055
PMCPMC8014844

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