Lockdown - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2017
News

Life in Lockdown

Foalea, Filippos Lymperopoulos, Alison Shin, and Nik Iubel discuss customer feedback. Alison Shin and Adam Behrens (both MBA 2018), who organized this year’s Lockdown, were inspired by Andrea Coravos (MBA 2017), a member of the 2016 team and another success story. Her... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photography by Chris Churchill

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Startup Lockdown

June, 2021
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Learning from Deregulation: The Asymmetric Impact of Lockdown and Reopening on Risky Behavior During COVID-19

By: Edward L. Glaeser, Ginger Zhe Jin, Benjamin T. Leyden and Michael Luca

During the COVID-19 pandemic, states issued and then rescinded stay-at-home orders that restricted mobility. We develop a model of learning by deregulation, which predicts that lifting stay-at-home orders can signal that going out has become safer. Using restaurant... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Lockdown; Reopening; Impact; Coronavirus; Public Health Measures; Mobility; Health Pandemics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Consumer Behavior

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28 Aug 2020
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Rethinking Work During and After Lockdown

2020
Working Paper

Food Security and Human Mobility During the COVID-19 Lockdown

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo, Xina Li, Nishant Kishore, Satchit Balsari and Tarun Khanna

During the COVID-19 crisis, millions of migrants around the world face food insecurity. This could force migrants to travel during the pandemic, exposing them to health risks and accelerating the spread of the virus. Anecdotal evidence demonstrates the importance of... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Migrants; Food Security; Mobility; Health Pandemics; Food; Distribution; Policy; Global Range

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22 May 2020
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In the Lockdown Economy, Old Measures of Inflation Get It Wrong

27 Apr 2020
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Three Things Lockdowns Have Exposed About Working and Parenting

01 Jul 2021
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Three Powerful Marketing Trends Born In Lockdown

20 May 2020
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The Psychic Burden of Working During Lockdown

08 Jun 2020
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Food Security and Human Mobility During the Covid-19 Lockdown

Keywords: by Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo, Xina Li, Nishant Kishore, Satchit Balsari, and Tarun Khanna

18 May 2020
News

It’s OK to Miss the Office During the Coronavirus Lockdown

December 2021
Article

India's Food Supply Chain during the Pandemic

By: Matt Lowe, G.V. Nadhanael and Benjamin N. Roth

We document the impact of India’s COVID-19 lockdown on the food supply chain. Food arrivals in wholesale markets dropped by 69% in the three weeks following the lockdown and wholesale prices rose by 8%. Six weeks after the lockdown began, volumes and prices had fully... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Supply Chain; Health Pandemics; Food; Policy; System Shocks; Food and Beverage Industry; India

25 Jan 2021
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India’s Food Supply Chain During the Pandemic

Keywords: by Matt Lowe, G V Nadhanael, and Benjamin N. Roth; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

27 Jul 2020
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Gender Inequality in Research Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Keywords: by Ruomeng Cui, Hao Ding, and Feng Zhu

12 Nov 2021
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Why the Chip Shortage Drags On and On … and On

May 6, 2020
Editorial

Separated by a Common Infection

By: Amar Bhide and Leif Pagrotsky

Unprecedented lockdowns and quarantines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic have evoked emotional disagreements, both between and within different countries. Yet, the consequences of this or any future pandemic depend as much on responses and capabilities on the front... View Details

Keywords: Coronavirus; Coronavirus Pandemic; Governance; Policy; Health Pandemics

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