The Chinese University of Hong Kong－Tsinghua University Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy 清華大學－香港中文大學中國經濟聯合研究中心 - Research Papers The Chinese University of Hong Kong－Tsinghua University <br/>Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy 清華大學－香港中文大學中國經濟聯合研究中心

The Chinese University of Hong Kong－Tsinghua University
Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy

清華大學－香港中文大學中國經濟聯合研究中心

Research Papers

The Economic Cost of Locking down like China: Evidence from City-to-City Truck Flows

(2022)
Jingjing Chen, Wei Chen, Ernest Liu, Jie Luo, and Zheng (Michael) Song
Containing the COVID-19 pandemic by non-pharmacological interventions is costly. Using high-frequency, city-to-city truck flow data, this paper estimates the economic cost of lockdown in China, a stringent but effective policy. By comparing the truck flow change in the cities with and without lockdown,...

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Research Papers

The Economic Cost of Locking down like China: Evidence from City-to-City Truck Flows

(2022)
Jingjing Chen, Wei Chen, Ernest Liu, Jie Luo, and Zheng (Michael) Song
Containing the COVID-19 pandemic by non-pharmacological interventions is costly. Using high-frequency, city-to-city truck flow data, this paper estimates the economic cost of lockdown in China, a stringent but effective policy. By comparing the truck flow change in the cities with and without lockdown,...