Chernozhukov, Victor; Kasahara, Hiroyuki; Schrimpf, Paul - 2020
This paper evaluates the dynamic impact of various policies, such as school, business, and restaurant closures, adopted … transmission risks. Using the US state-level data, our analysis finds that both policies and information on transmission risks are … important determinants of people's social distancing behavior, and shows that a change in policies explains a large fraction of …
