Yesterday the @nberpubs released our Sturgis COVID-19 paper. Dhaval Dave, @FriedsonAndrew, @Drew_McNichols, and Joe Sabia are grateful for constructive comments. Below the authors offer responses to some important questions. [1/9]

Link: nber.org/papers/w27813 While local counties may be contaminated by the Sturgis Rally, our synthetic control results hold if we require geographically proximate (within SD and border states) donor counties with no or low Sturgis inflows. [2/9]