Determining the optimal duration of the COVID-19 suppression policy: A cost-benefit analysis

Anna Scherbina
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Anna Scherbina: Brandeis University, American Enterprise Institute

AEI Economics Working Papers from American Enterprise Institute

Abstract: Without any intervention, the novel coronavirus would cost the U.S. economy over $9 trillion.

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic Curve; Attack Rate; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions; Public Health Policy; Suppression; Mitigation; Lockdown (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-05
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