What drives the effectiveness of social distancing in combating COVID-19 across U.S. states?

• Mu-Jeung Yang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mjyang@ou.edu

  Affiliation Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1665-7336

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• Maclean Gaulin,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4292-5779

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• Nathan Seegert,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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• Yang Fan

  Roles Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Colby College, Waterville, Maine, United States of America

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