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Data for Coronavirus perceptions and economic anxiety Lukas Hensel (21215444) Thiemo Fetzer (16239638) Johannes Hermle (24945064) Christopher Roth (24916627) COVID-19 (Disease) COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects Migrated from ePrints We provide one of the first systematic assessments of the development and determinants of economic anxiety at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Using a global dataset on internet searches and two representative surveys from the US, we document a substantial increase in economic anxiety during and after the arrival of the coronavirus. We also document a large dispersion in beliefs about the pandemic risk factors of the coronavirus, and demonstrate that these beliefs causally affect individuals’ economic anxieties. Finally, we show that individuals’ mental models of infectious disease spread understate non-linear growth and shape the extent of economic anxiety.<br><br>Data record consists of 162 raw data files, including do files, tabular data, and LaTeX files. 2026-09-15T19:54:54Z Dataset Dataset 10.82444/warw.33820537.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_for_Coronavirus_perceptions_and_economic_anxiety/33820537 CC BY 4.0