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The fast increase of Covid-19 cases led to high attention from local and international authorities to mitigate and reduce the propagation of the disease. Concerning the risks and the negative effects inflicted by the spread of the pandemic, many countries established a series of policies reinforcing public protection from the virus. With respect to these policies, this study characterizes the infection chain structure in Korea and identifies changes in the structure over time. Furthermore, using multiple linear regressions, the impact of government policy interventions on the infection chain structure is measured. The analysis shows a high fluctuation in infection chain structures at the beginning of the pandemic, which decreases with the implemented policies. The findings serve as a foundation for policymakers to evaluate the success of policies and strategies for reducing the diffusion of Covid-19 and to make optimized resource allocation decisions.
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We would also like to thank the reviewers of this article, who gave highly valuable feedback for improving our research. Furthermore, we are grateful for the initial discussions and contributions of Antoine Marie Zacharie Kundimana. This research has partly been supported by the Institute of Engineering Research at Seoul National University, which provided research facilities.
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Haberling, A., Laurisch, J., Altmann, J. (2020). South Korea as the Role Model for Covid-19 Policies? An Analysis of the Effect of Government Policies on Infection Chain Structures. In: Djemame, K., Altmann, J., Bañares, J.Á., Agmon Ben-Yehuda, O., Stankovski, V., Tuffin, B. (eds) Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services. GECON 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12441. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63058-4_10
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