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Elections may take place in precarious environments that even pose health risks. I consider the case of Bavaria, where close to ten million people were asked to vote in the municipal elections on March 15 of 2020, to quantify the toll of elections in a pandemic. Despite declaring a state of...
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according to the 1995 election law. We show that in the second and third weeks after the 2020 elections (held on October 9 …-related peak in hospital admissions and essentially no changes in test positivity rates suggest that the acceleration is not merely …
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A common narrative is that COVID-19 cost Trump re-election. We do not find supporting evidence; if anything, the … effect, our estimates imply Trump would been on the precipice of re-election by winning Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, and only …
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This paper analyzes the impact of foreseen political elections on the non-economic policies aimed at reducing the spread of infection and implemented all over the world during the pandemic of 2020. The policies analyzed include schools closures, stay-at-home requirements, workplace closures,...
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