Optimal Lockdown in a Commuting Network

Pablo Fajgelbaum, Amit Khandelwal, Wookun Kim, Cristiano Mantovani and Edouard Schaal
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Pablo Fajgelbaum: Princeton University
Wookun Kim: Southern Methodist University
Cristiano Mantovani: Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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Abstract: We study optimal dynamic lockdowns against Covid-19 within a commuting network. Our framework integrates canonical spatial epidemiology and trade models, and is applied to cities with varying initial viral spread: Seoul, Daegu and NYC-Metro. Spatial lockdowns achieve substantially smaller income losses than uniform lockdowns. In NYM and Daegu—with large initial shocks—the optimal lockdown restricts inflows to central districts before gradual relaxation, while in Seoul it imposes low temporal but large spatial variation. Actual commuting reductions were too weak in central locations in Daegu and NYM, and too strong across Seoul.

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemics; South Korea; United States; commuting; lockdown (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C6 R38 R4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-11
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Working Paper: Optimal Lockdown in a Commuting Network (2020)
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