Measuring the effects of COVID-19-related night curfews: Empirical evidence from Germany_Version 20210419

Note: This page and the below file refer to the very first version of the paper. A more recent version has been published as MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics as Working Paper No. 18-2021 in April 2021. (https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb02/research-groups/economics/macroeconomics/research/magks-joint-discussion-papers-in-economics/papers/2021-papers/18-2021_dehaas.pdf ). The current version is also available at Researchgate (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24613.42725) <br> Preliminary version from 19 April 2021! Not yet peer-reviewed! <br> Abstract: <br> We estimate the impact of local night curfews in Hesse, Germany, on the incidence of COVID-19 cases during the "second wave" of the COVID-19 pandemic in this state. We find no statistical evidence that the night curfews were effective in slowing down the spread of the pandemic.