Fear, lockdown, and diversion: Comparing drivers of pandemic economic decline 2020

@article{Goolsbee2021FearLA,
  title={Fear, lockdown, and diversion: Comparing drivers of pandemic economic decline 2020},
  author={Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson},
  journal={Journal of Public Economics},
  year={2021},
  volume={193},
  pages={104311 - 104311}
}
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