Why were some countries more successful than others in curbing early COVID-19 mortality impact? A cross-country configurational analysis

• Bin Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College & The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Yao Liu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

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• Bo Yan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yanbosir@xjtu.edu.cn

  Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0527-2235

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• Long Wu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

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• Xiaomin Zhang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

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