Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M.; Johnsen, Reid; … - 2022
the pandemic, but surprisingly little is known on whether these shutdowns turned into permanent closures and whether small … businesses were disproportionately hit. This paper provides the first analysis of permanent business closures using confidential … Fee Administration. We find large increases in closures rates in the first two quarters of 2020, but a strong reversal of …