Following Doctors’ Advice? Examining the Issuance of Stay-at-Home Orders Related to COVID-19 by U.S. Governors

• In Event: The Politics of COVID-19 Response

Brief Overview

Using event history analysis, this study analyzes the Spring 2020 issuances (or not) of U.S. state-mandated stay-at-home orders and finds that partisanship, strength of the economy, and scientific factors of the disease all played key roles.

Authors

• Susan M. Murray, Augusta University

• Gregg R. Murray, Augusta University