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SUBMITTER: Bessho S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10174339 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of Asian economics 20230511
This study examines the political factors associated with the implementation of a benefit payment policy in Japan during the COVID-19 crisis. The Japanese government announced a universal cash payment program in April 2020, but the payment date differed across localities. This study estimates the correlation between this timing and local politicians' characteristics, finding that local governments with mayors elected unopposed tended to start making payments comparatively early. As such, mayors ...[more]