Purchasing Time: The First 100 Days of German COVID-19 Policy

Müller MW, Tassi A, Döbbeling N, Hildebrandt F (2023)

Publication Type: Authored book

Publication year: 2023

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISBN: 9789811963254

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-6325-4_7

Abstract

The chapter analyzes the first 100 days of German COVID-19 policy focusing on the legal and economic responses to the immediate outbreak of the Coronavirus and the accompanying public debate. While there have been demanding measures against the spread of the virus from the beginning on, first studies suggest a high level of compliance with such measures. At the same time, significant material support was provided in the form of financial relief for businesses and individuals. With the crisis further progressing, however, it has been criticized that the relief measures were neither able to fairly distribute the burdens of the pandemic nor could they be upheld for long without endangering public finances. All this suggests that Germany, in the early days of the pandemic, was able to purchase time without, however, designing a sustainable framework for intervention and burden-sharing.

Authors with CRIS profile

Annalisa Tassi Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Finanzwissenschaft

Involved external institutions

Universität Mannheim DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Müller, M.W., Tassi, A., Döbbeling, N., & Hildebrandt, F. (2023). Purchasing Time: The First 100 Days of German COVID-19 Policy. Springer Nature.

MLA:

Müller, Michael W., et al. Purchasing Time: The First 100 Days of German COVID-19 Policy. Springer Nature, 2023.

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