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SUBMITTER: Cook J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7462637 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cook Jonathan J Newberger Noah N Smalling Sami S
Economics letters 20200901
We find that social distancing is affected by the policies set in neighboring counties, even after controlling for confirmed COVID cases and weather. A stay-at-home order in a neighboring county reduces social distancing by more than half as much as implementing an order in that county. This implies that, to increase social distancing in hard-hit counties, stay-at-home orders need to be implemented in a regionally or federally coordinated response. We also find that estimates of the efficacy of ...[more]