To buy or not buy food online: The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the adoption of e-commerce in China.
Drawing on a recent online survey combined with city-level data, this paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 on consumers' online food purchase behavior in the short term. To address the potential endogeneity issues, we adopt an instrumental variable (IV) strategy, using the distance from th...
Main Authors: | Xuwen Gao, Xinjie Shi, Hongdong Guo, Yehong Liu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237900 |
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