COVID-19 and Financial Distress: Vulnerability to Infection and Death

Kartik Athreya, Ryan Mather, Jose Mustre-del-Rio and Juan Sanchez

On the Economy from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Abstract: Although COVID-19 initially spread faster in areas with low financial distress, evidence suggests that infections may spread most rapidly in highly financially distressed areas moving forward.

Keywords: Financial Distress; Labor; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Infection; Death; Testing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-04-02
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