Many countries have taken non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and push the recovery of national economies. This paper investigates the effect of these control measures by comparing five selected countries, China, Italy, Germany, the United...

Many countries have taken non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and push the recovery of national economies. This paper investigates the effect of these control measures by comparing five selected countries, China, Italy, Germany, the United...

This paper provides new evidence on the depreciation effect of easy access (EA) to urban parks on housing prices. Using an improved geographical boundary discontinuity design, we separate the costs of EA from the combined effects of proximity to urban parks. On average, houses with EA to urban...