CoronaNet: A Dyadic Dataset of Government Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cindy Cheng, Joan Barceló, Allison Hartnett, Robert Kubinec and Luca Messerschmidt
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Cindy Cheng: Technical University of Munich

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Abstract: As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, governments have implemented a broad set of policies to limit the spread of the pandemic. In this paper we present an initial release of a large hand-coded dataset of more than 4,500 separate policy announcements from governments around the world. This data is being made publicly available, in combination with other data that we have collected (including COVID-19 tests, cases, and deaths) as well as a number of country-level covariates. Due to the speed of the COVID-19 outbreak, we will be releasing this data on a daily basis with a 5-day lag for record validity checking. In a truly global effort, our team is comprised of more than 190 research assistants across 18 time zones and makes use of cloud-based managerial and data collection technology in addition to machine learning coding of news sources. We analyze the dataset with a Bayesian time-varying ideal point model showing the quick acceleration of more harsh policies across countries beginning in mid-March and continuing to the present. While some relatively low-cost policies like task forces and health monitoring began early, countries generally adopted more harsh measures within a narrow time window, suggesting strong policy diffusion effects.

Date: 2020-04-12
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Working Paper: CoronaNet: A Dyadic Dataset of Government Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
Working Paper: CoronaNet: A Dyadic Dataset of Government Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
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