Covid-19 Policy Convergence in Response to Knightian Uncertainty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7353147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony M Sayers (0000-0002-6385-8309, University of Calgary), Christa Scholtz (0000-0002-3449-0293, McGill University), David A Armstrong (0000-0002-9358-2489, Western University), Dave Armstrong (Western University), Christopher Kam (0000-0002-2431-4675, University of British Columbia), Christopher Alcantara (0000-0001-6089-1114, Western University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 625-635 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-9299 • E-ISSN: 1478-9302 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14789299221109081 |
| PMID | 37431520 |
| OpenAlex | W4286495524 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 40 |
Domestic policy responses to COVID-19 were remarkably consistent during the early days of the pandemic. What explains this policy convergence? Our formal model suggests that the novel character of COVID-19 produced a period of maximum policy uncertainty, incentivizing political actors to converge on a common set of policies to minimize their exposure to electoral punishment. This convergence is likely to break down as policy feedback produces opinion divergence among experts and the public and as politicians recalculate the costs and benefits of various policy responses and under some conditions facing incentives to adopt extreme policies
Ambiguity · Convergence (economics · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Divergence (linguistics · Economic growth · Economics · Incentive · Knightian uncertainty · Macroeconomics · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public opinion · Public policy · Punishment (psychology · Set (abstract data type · Agricultural risk and resilience · Computer Science · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |