Guglielmo Briscese, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis, Mirco Tonin Many governments have enacted stringent ‘stay-at-home’ policies to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. This column reports evidence from a series of surveys of representative samples of the Italian population on their willingness to comply with the lockdown. The results indicate that people are less compliant if self-isolation measures are extended for longer than expected, which suggests that managing expectations is critical. This finding could be valuable if new waves of infections force governments to re-introduce lockdowns. A number of countries around the world have enacted ‘stay-at-home’ measures to mitigate the spread […]