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. 2020 Dec 1;55(6):365–371. doi: 10.1007/s10272-020-0935-8

Social Distancing Requirements and the Determinants of the COVID-19 Recession and Recovery in Europe

Christian Dreger 1,, Daniel Gros 2,
PMCID: PMC7704584  PMID: 33281215

Abstract

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.

Footnotes

Christian Dreger, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.

Daniel Gros, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium.

Contributor Information

Christian Dreger, Email: cdreger@europa-uni.de.

Daniel Gros, Email: danielg@ceps.be.

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