Interestingly, while the data and the previous literature has shown a strong trend decline in activity before sheltering policies were enacted, 2 our within metro-area identification strategy documents a small short-run anticipatory effect for the week before cities put the policy in place (i.e., the opposite of the pre-trend).
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Fear, lockdown, and diversion: Comparing drivers of pandemic economic decline 2020.
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