Pleninger, Regina; Streicher, Sina; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 158 (2022) 1, pp. 1-24
We study the interplay of non-pharmaceutical containment measures, human behavior, and the spread of COVID-19 in Switzerland. First, we collect sub-national data and construct indices that capture the stringency of containment measures at the cantonal level. Second, we use a vector...