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Will coronavirus cause a big city exodus?

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  • Henry G. Overman

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Big cities thrive because of the economic and social benefits of proximity - but proximity also helps to spread Covid-19. Does this mean an end to the urban revival of recent years - or do vaccines herald a return to normality? According to Henry Overman and Max Nathan, much will depend on how far the forced experiments of lockdown translate into new norms.

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  • Max Nathan & Henry G. Overman, 2021. "Will coronavirus cause a big city exodus?," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 601, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
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