Effectiveness of government policies in response to the first COVID-19 outbreak

This paper assesses the quantitative impact of government interventions on deaths related to the first COVID-19 outbreak. Using daily data for 32 countries and relying on the stringency of the conducted policies, we find that the greater the strength of government interventions at an early stage, th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Theologos Dergiades, Costas Milas, Elias Mossialos, Theodore Panagiotidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021334/?tool=EBI