The propagation of economic impacts through supply chains: The case of a mega-city lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19

This study quantifies the economic effect of a possible lockdown of Tokyo to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The negative effect of such a lockdown may propagate to other regions through supply chains because of supply and demand shortages. Applying an agent-based model to the actual supply chains o...

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Main Authors: Hiroyasu Inoue, Yasuyuki Todo, Lizhi Xing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7491714/?tool=EBI