Is democracy affecting the economic policy responses to COVID-19? A cross-country analysis

How does democracy relate to the initial economic policy responses to Covid-19? Using a cross-country analysis, we find that countries with a higher degree of democracy have stronger economic policy responses than their peers. However, when we separate monetary and financial policies from fiscal pol...

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