Effectiveness of Corona Lockdowns: Evidence for a Number of Countries

Homburg Stefan ()
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Homburg Stefan: School of Economics and Management, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

The Economists' Voice, 2020, vol. 17, issue 1, 06

Abstract: The paper assesses the effectiveness of the large-scale lockdowns that took place during the SARS-CoV-2 (corona) pandemic. Countries considered include the United States, South Korea, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Sweden. Our research strategy utilizes the fact that fatal outcomes follow infections with a delay of 23 days. Therefore, the dates of the actual infections can be inferred from the data. The results suggest that lockdowns were superfluous and ineffective.

Keywords: corona; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; lockdown (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1515/ev-2020-0010

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