Lockdown and restaurant closures: evidence from large-scale data in China

Abstract This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on China’s restaurant industry, a critical contributor to national GDP and employment. Using a large-scale dataset of 14,488,951 restaurant-year observations covering 5,560,345 unique restaurants across 301 cities (2020–2023), we emplo...

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Main Authors: Yuxiao Ye, Li Wang, Shenyang Jiang, Yu Xiong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2025-07-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05412-8
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