Burden-Shifting, Encroaching, and Shirking: Federalism in a Pandemic Crisis.

Responding to a novel pandemic took many governments unaware, and especially in federal countries the interplay among executives at different levels proved difficult and illustrated the inherent tensions in federations. Drawing on data covering the temporal evolution of the epidemiological, economic...

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Publicado en:Publius: The Journal of Federalism Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 444 - 475
Autores principales: Eichenauer, Vera Z, Hug, Simon, Sciarini, Pascal, Sturm, Jan-Egbert, Varone, Frédéric
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Spring2026
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