130355 20260217205503.0 doi 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101353 sideral 136563 ART-2024-136563 eng López-Mendoza, Héctor (orcid)0000-0002-4528-1921 Assessing the effectiveness of international government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This paper examines the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical measures adopted by governments to control the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a Panel VAR model for the OECD countries, we test for Granger causality between the 7-day cumulative incidence, mortality rate, and government response indexes. Granger-type statistics reveal evidence that the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the measures taken by governments. However, limited or nonexistent evidence supports the reverse situation. This suggests that government measures were not highly effective in controlling the pandemic. While not implying total ineffectiveness, our results indicate a considerable lack of efficacy, emphasizing a lesson for governments to learn from and correct in preparation for similar events in the future. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2020-114646RB-C44 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es 1.8 2024 ECONOMICS 234 / 620 = 0.377 2024 Q2 T2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 248 / 421 = 0.589 2024 Q3 T2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 248 / 421 = 0.589 2024 Q3 T2 1.031 2024 Health (social science) 2024 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) 2024 Q1 4.1 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion González-Álvarez, María A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6271-4370 Montañés, Antonio Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-5872-631X 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 52 (2024), 101353 [12 pp.] Economics & Human Biology ECONOMICS & HUMAN BIOLOGY 1570-677X 522475 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130355/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2528093 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130355/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:130355 articulos driver 2026-02-17-20:22:42 ARTICLE