Table 1.
Information flow and recovery from COVID-19.
| Dependent Variable | |
|---|---|
| VARIABLES | Confirmed cases |
| GSVIt-1 | −0.315** |
| (0.134) | |
| Confirmed casest-1 | 0.973*** |
| (0.027) | |
| Tests per thousandt | 0.579 |
| (0.418) | |
| Populationt | 6.64** |
| (3.064) | |
| Constant | −93.35** |
| (48.7) | |
| State dummies | Yes |
| R-squared | 0.97 |
| Observations | 2395 |
Note: This table shows the relationship between information flow and recovery from COVID-19. The information flow regarding the pandemic is captured by the Google Search Volume Index (GSVI) of keyword coronavirus+covid. We employ the 14-days moving average of GVSI in the analysis. The (log of) population projection of the National Commission on Population is used. Robust standard errors in parentheses. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05.