Document Type
Dataset
Publication Date
9-18-2025
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, 11.5 million U.S. businesses applied for relief from the federal government. Collectively, these entities received just under 800 billion dollars. It was one of the largest fiscal intervention policies directed at businesses in American history. Though substantial scholarly and public attention has gone toward investigating participant fraud, other participant behavior has been less examined. This includes the relatively small number of individuals and businesses (128,304) that chose to repay their forgivable government loans. This dataset is used to investigate this question, with variables testing hypotheses relating to altruism, patriotism, and self-interest. Results are analyzed in the article "Explaining COVID-19 Loan Repayment in the United States."
Recommended Citation
Haynes, Susan Turner, "PPP Dataset" (2025). Faculty Works. 2.
https://digitalcollections.lipscomb.edu/hpp_fac/2