The Sooner (and the Smarter), the Better : COVID-19 Containment Measures and Fiscal Responses

This paper finds empirical evidence that faster and smarter containment measures were associated with lower fiscal responses to the COVID-19 shock. We also find that initial conditions, such as fiscal space, income, health preparedness and budget transparency were important in shaping the amount and design of the COVID-19 fiscal response

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Year of publication:	[2021]
Authors:	Hosny, Amr
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Coronavirus \| Infektionsschutz \| Infection control \| Stabilisierungspolitik \| Stabilization policy \| Messung \| Measurement \| Welt \| World

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (24 p)
Series:	IMF Working Paper ; No. 2021/065
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments March 1, 2021 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.3852789 [DOI]
Classification:	I10 - Health. General ; I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; H30 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents. General ; H50 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies. General ; E62 - Fiscal Policy; Public Expenditures, Investment, and Finance; Taxation ; I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; E25 - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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