---
_id: '22523'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The containment of COVID-19 critically hinges on individuals’ behavior. We
    investigate how individuals react to variations in COVID-19 reporting. Using a
    survey, we elicit individuals' perceived infection risk given various COVID-19
    metrics (e.g., confirmed cases, reproduction rate, or case-fatality ratio). We
    proxy individuals' risk perception with their willingness to pay for the participation
    in everyday life and amusements events. We find that participants react to different
    COVID-19 metrics with varying sensitivity. We observe a saturation of sensitivity
    for several measures at critical limits used in the political discussion, making
    our results highly relevant for policy makers in their efforts to direct individuals
    to adhere to hygienic etiquette and social distancing guidelines.
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Sonja
  full_name: Warkulat, Sonja
  id: '67243'
  last_name: Warkulat
- first_name: Sebastian
  full_name: Krull, Sebastian
  id: '84497'
  last_name: Krull
- first_name: Regina
  full_name: Ortmann, Regina
  id: '10020'
  last_name: Ortmann
- first_name: Nina
  full_name: Klocke, Nina
  id: '51025'
  last_name: Klocke
- first_name: Matthias
  full_name: Pelster, Matthias
  id: '67265'
  last_name: Pelster
  orcid: ' https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5740-2420'
citation:
  ama: Warkulat S, Krull S, Ortmann R, Klocke N, Pelster M. COVID-19 reporting and
    willingness to pay for leisure activities. <i>Covid Economics</i>. 2021;(83):183-205.
  apa: Warkulat, S., Krull, S., Ortmann, R., Klocke, N., &#38; Pelster, M. (2021).
    COVID-19 reporting and willingness to pay for leisure activities. <i>Covid Economics</i>,
    <i>83</i>, 183–205.
  bibtex: '@article{Warkulat_Krull_Ortmann_Klocke_Pelster_2021, title={COVID-19 reporting
    and willingness to pay for leisure activities}, number={83}, journal={Covid Economics},
    publisher={CEPR Press}, author={Warkulat, Sonja and Krull, Sebastian and Ortmann,
    Regina and Klocke, Nina and Pelster, Matthias}, year={2021}, pages={183–205} }'
  chicago: 'Warkulat, Sonja, Sebastian Krull, Regina Ortmann, Nina Klocke, and Matthias
    Pelster. “COVID-19 Reporting and Willingness to Pay for Leisure Activities.” <i>Covid
    Economics</i>, no. 83 (2021): 183–205.'
  ieee: S. Warkulat, S. Krull, R. Ortmann, N. Klocke, and M. Pelster, “COVID-19 reporting
    and willingness to pay for leisure activities,” <i>Covid Economics</i>, no. 83,
    pp. 183–205, 2021.
  mla: Warkulat, Sonja, et al. “COVID-19 Reporting and Willingness to Pay for Leisure
    Activities.” <i>Covid Economics</i>, no. 83, CEPR Press, 2021, pp. 183–205.
  short: S. Warkulat, S. Krull, R. Ortmann, N. Klocke, M. Pelster, Covid Economics
    (2021) 183–205.
date_created: 2021-07-02T09:30:36Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:55:36Z
department:
- _id: '186'
- _id: '578'
funded_apc: '1'
issue: '83'
jel:
- I10
- I12
- I18
keyword:
- COVID-19 reporting
- willingness to pay
- willingness to accept
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://cepr.org/file/11142/download?token=wXdlx51o
oa: '1'
page: 183-205
publication: Covid Economics
publisher: CEPR Press
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: COVID-19 reporting and willingness to pay for leisure activities
type: journal_article
user_id: '67265'
year: '2021'
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