Using COVID-19 as a sudden negative mobility shock in consumption accessibility, we show that the ability to shift to online consumption as an alternative to physical visits to brick-and-mortar stores disproportionately benefits younger people. Employing credit card transaction data linked to...

Using COVID-19 as a sudden negative mobility shock in consumption accessibility, we show that the ability to shift to online consumption as an alternative to physical visits to brick-and-mortar stores disproportionately benefits younger people. Employing credit card transaction data linked to...

Using monthly zip-code level data on credit card transactions covering 16 U.S. cities, this paper investigates changes in consumption at local commercial places during the early coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era. Since using aggregate-level data can suppress valuable information on...

This paper exploits a detailed new dataset with comprehensive financial and consumption information to investigate the relationship between a cash-loan borrower's access to credit and their respective consumption response. In particular, we test whether consumption among borrowers with a high...

We investigate how the coronavirus pandemic affected the demand for online food shopping services using data from the largest agri-food e-commerce platform in Taiwan. We find that an additional confirmed case of COVID-19 increased sales by 5.7% and the number of customers by 4.9%. The demand for...