Background Many studies have examined the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical
interventions (NPIs) on SARS-CoV-2 transmission worldwide. However, less attention has …

Human actions are at the heart of epidemics. From government lock-down decisions to
individual mask wearing, social distancing and vaccination choices, evolving actions of …

Which patterns of democracy perform best? Although a decades-long research tradition has
fairly robustly suggested that consensual democracies outperform their Westminster-style …

Background: The COVID-19 period highlights a huge problem that has been developing for
decades, the control of science by industry. In the 1950s, the tobacco industry set the …

Despite long-standing criticisms, restrictions on price increases during emergencies remain
widespread in the US. Criticisms most often cite the social costs of the shortages, but, we …

We examine the extent to which exposure to higher relative COVID-19 mortality (RM),
influences health system trust (HST), and whether changes in HST explain the perceived …

» Evidenzbasiertes «Regieren anhand von Statistiken ist schon immer ein Kennzeichen des
modernen Staates. Der politisch-administrative Umgang mit der Corona-Pandemie, der von …

The paper analyses the determinants of mortality during the Corona pandemic. In a first step,
possible causes are subjected to a global comparison. The focus is on political, institutional …

Two and a half years ago COVID-19 spread to the United States. Following the federalism
model (New State Ice Co. vs Liebmann; Cheng and Lee), the 50 states and their governors …

Government responses to COVID-19 are among the most globally impactful events of the
21st century. The extent to which responses—such as school closures—were associated …