Political beliefs affect compliance with government mandates

We use the state-mandated stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic as a setting to study whether political beliefs inhibit compliance with government orders. Using geolocation data sourced from smartphones, we find residents in Republican counties are less likely to completely stay at hom...

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Published in:	Journal of economic behavior & organization Vol. 185; pp. 688 - 701
Main Authors:	Painter, Marcus, Qiu, Tian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.05.2021
Subjects:	Coronavirus COVID-19 Credit card transaction data Geolocation data Political polarization COVID-19 Credit card transaction data C55 Coronavirus P16 Geolocation data Political polarization H7
ISSN:	0167-2681, 1879-1751
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