Did increases in mask supply slow the spread of COVID-19? Rwanda licensed and incentivized textile manufacturers to produce high-quality masks at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper exploits spatial variation in exposure to mask manufacturing through textile trade networks within an event-study design using receipt-level tax data. Licensing domestic mask manufacturers conservatively reduced mask prices by 8.8% and reduced monthly growth...
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2022/04/04
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Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas
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WPS9993
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1
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2022/04/04
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Disclosed
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A Few Good Masks : Evidence from Mask Manufacturing in Rwanda during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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