distancing, travel and pollution is in its infancy. We pair a differences-in-differences framework and synthetic control methods … with rich cellular tracking and high frequency air pollution data. We find that state and U.S. county safer … range from $7 billion to $24 billion while the benefits from reduced pollution could range from $650 million to $13 …

This paper investigates the impacts of COVID-19 safer-at-home polices on collisions and pollution. We find that … severe collisions. For pollution, we find particulate matter concentration levels approximately 1.5µg/m3 lower during the … period of a safer-at-home order, representing a 25% reduction. We document a similar reduction in air pollution following the …

distancing, travel and pollution is in its infancy. We pair a differences-in-differences framework and synthetic control methods … with rich cellular tracking and high frequency air pollution data.We find that state and U.S. county safer-at-home policies … range from $7 billion to $24 billion while the benefits from reduced pollution could range from $650 million to $13 …