Does city lockdown prevent the spread of COVID-19? New evidence from the synthetic control method

Table 2 City weights in the synthetic Wuhan

City	Weight	City	Weight	City	Weight	City	Weight
Panel A: population inflows
Beijing	0.022	Xiamen	0.320	Guangzhou	0.083	Chengdu	0.236
Jinan	0.277	Ganzhou	0.061
Panel B: population outflows
Beijing	0.109	Guangzhou	0.042	Chengdu	0.198	Jinan	0.651
Panel C: the growth rate of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases
Beijing	0.362	Guangzhou	0.003	Chengdu	0.003	Shenzhen	0.038
Wenzhou	0.003	Zhanjiang	0.031	Zhuhai	0.004	Zhengzhou	0.003

Note: The remaining cities not listed in Panel A or Panel B were assigned 0 weights, while the cities not listed in Panel C were assigned 0.002 weights

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