价格高调监管如何破坏COVID-19缓解:县级证据表明意外后果
Rik Chakraborti1, Gavin Roberts2
1Department of Economics, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, USA.
概括
在紧急情况下颁布的价格高调法规,如COVID-19,意外增加了社会接触. 这是因为消费者更多地去商店寻找稀缺商品,从而破坏了公共卫生工作.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 在美国紧急情况下,价格高调的规定很常见,尽管批评集中在短缺上.
- 这些法规的社会成本,除了短缺之外,以前是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 在紧急情况下调查价格调节法规的意外社会后果.
- 量化这些规定在COVID-19大流行期间对社会接触的影响.
主要方法:
- 在COVID-19期间利用了一种自然实验设计,比较美国各州在COVID-19期间有或没有价格调节法规.
- 分析了手机移动数据,以衡量社交接触和商业空间访问的变化.
主要成果:
- 价格控制导致商业空间内访问和社交接触增加.
- 这种效应在与没有价格调节法规的邻国相比,在具有价格调节法规的州中被观察到.
- 联系的增加很可能是由于消费者需要访问多家商店,因为监管引起的短缺.
结论:
- 价格调节法规虽然旨在保护消费者,但却可能无意中增加社会接触.
- 这种社会接触的增加可能会破坏社会距离等公共卫生措施.
- 需要进一步的研究,以在紧急情况下平衡消费者保护与公共卫生.
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