Screen Now, Save Later? The Trade-Off between Administrative Ordeals and Fraud

• In Event: Business Interests and the Policy Process

Brief Overview

Assesses how the introduction of screening affected the incidence and magnitude of fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Finds that screening significantly reduced fraud without imposing an undue administrative burden on borrowers.

Authors

• Shan Aman-Rana, University of Virginia

• Daniel Willard Gingerich, University of Virginia-Main Campus

• Sandip Sukhtankar, University of Virginia