Saving lives during the COVID-19 pandemic: the benefits of the first Swiss lockdown

Abstract The implementation of a lockdown to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a strong economic and political debate in several countries. This makes it crucial to shed light on the actual benefits of such kind of policy. To this purpose, we focus on the Swiss lockdown during t...

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Main Authors: Nicolò Gatti, Beatrice Retali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-08-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41937-021-00072-2