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Fall 2021

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 36, Number 3

Behavioral and Policy Responses to COVID-19: Evidence from Google Mobility Data on State- Level Stay-at-Home Orders*

William J. Luther, Florida Atlantic Univeristy

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise36(3),2021,67–89BehavioralandPolicyResponsestoCOVID-19:EvidencefromGoogleMobilityDataonState-LevelStay-at-HomeOrders*WilliamJ.LutherFloridaAtlanticUniversity––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––AbstractInearly2020,manystatesissuedstay-at-homeorderstoslowthespreadofCOVID-19.IanalyzeGoogleMobilitydatatoconsidertheextenttowhichstate-levelstay-at-homeordersinducedpeopletostayathome.Ifindthatmuchofthechangeinresidential,retailandrecreational,park,workplace,transitstation,and,toalesserextent,groceryandpharmacyactivityprecededstate-levelstay-at-homeorders.______________________________________________________JELCodes:E32,H73,H75,H77,I12,I18Keywords:coronavirus,COVID-19,disease,stay-at-homeorder,pandemic,virusI.IntroductionInearly2020,manystatesissuedstay-at-homeorderstoslowthespreadofCOVID-19.Californialedtheway,withGovernorGavinNewsomimposingastay-at-homeorderonMarch19.Twentymorestatesadoptedsimilarmeasuresinthefollowingweek.1ByApril8,allbuteightstates—Arkansas,Iowa,Nebraska,NorthDakota,Oklahoma,SouthDakota,Utah,andWyoming—hadissuedstatelevelstay-at-homeorders.2Theeffectivenessofstay-at-homeordersasapolicyresponsetoslowthespreadofavirusdepends,atleastinpart,onthespeedat*TamNghiemprovidedvaluableassistanceonthisproject.PeterBoettke,ChristopherBoudreaux,MichaelMunger,MattRyan,andStanVeugerofferedcommentsonanearlierdraft.1ThetwentystateswereColorado,Connecticut,Delaware,Hawaii,Idaho,Illinois,Indiana,Kentucky,Louisiana,Massachusetts,Michigan,NewJersey,NewMexico,NewYork,Ohio,Oregon,Vermont,Washington,WestVirginia,andWisconsin.2InanamendmenttoExecutiveOrder2020-07issuedonMarch24,OklahomaGovernorKevinStittorderedthoseoversixty-fiveorsufferingfromseriousunderlyingmedicalconditionstostayhome.Hisorderwasmorelimitedthanthegeneralstay-at-homeordersconsideredherein.

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Title	Behavioral and Policy Responses to COVID-19: Evidence from Google Mobility Data on State- Level Stay-at-Home Orders*
Authors/Creators:	William J. Luther, Florida Atlantic Univeristy
Year:	2021
Volume:	36
Number:	3
Pages:	67 - 89
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	coronavirus, COVID-19, disease, stay-at-home order, pandemic, virus

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Luther, William J. / 2021. "Behavioral and Policy Responses to COVID-19: Evidence from Google Mobility Data on State- Level Stay-at-Home Orders." The Journal of Private Enterprise*, 36(3): 67-89.