Role of media coverage in mitigating COVID-19 transmission: evidence from China

This paper evaluates the impact of media coverage in mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in China during the early phase of the pandemic. We construct provincial-level data on media coverage and link with COVID-19 indicators and population mobility data, among other control variables. We estimate how...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Liu, Ning, Chen, Zhuo, Bao, Guoxian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63876/