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Social distancing restrictions, as measured by the Oxford stringency indicator, constitute the one variable that is most tightly correlated with the recession and recovery across EU member states.
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Christian Dreger, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.
Daniel Gros, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium.
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Dreger, C., Gros, D. Social Distancing Requirements and the Determinants of the COVID-19 Recession and Recovery in Europe. Intereconomics 55, 365–371 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-020-0935-8
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