Chen, Simiao; Jin, Zhangfeng; Vollmer, Sebastian; … - 2021
This paper examines the causal impact of diagnostic efficiency on the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Using an instrumental … 12.7% reductions in COVID-19 prevalence and mortality over the subsequent six months, respectively. The impact was larger … for cities that are farther from the COVID-19 epicenter, are exposed to less migration, have more responsive public health …