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As nations struggle to restart their economy after COVID-19 lockdowns, calls to include green investments in a pandemic-related stimulus are growing. Yet little research provides evidence of the effectiveness of a green stimulus. We begin by summarizing recent research on the effectiveness of...
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distancing. Our estimates imply that if the pandemic had hit the world 5 years ago, the resulting unemployment rate would have …
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This paper provides a critical review of models of the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that have been … influential in recent policy discussions. It notes potentially important features of the real- world environment that the standard …
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We estimate a three-variate VAR using proxies of global financial uncertainty, the global financial cycle, and world … outbreak. We predict the cumulative loss in world output one year after the uncertainty shock due to Covid-19 to be about 14% …
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of the disruption in production that started in China and then quickly spread across the world. We find that the COVID-19 … shock has a considerable impact on most economies in the world, especially when a share of the labor force is quarantined …
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outcomes under the coronavirus (COVID-19). Data for 43 countries imply flu-related deaths in 1918-1920 of 39 million, 2 ….0 percent of world population, implying 150 million deaths when applied to current population. Regressions with annual …
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explain not only the spread of the disease, but also cross-country spillovers in perceptions about coronavirus risk and in … social distancing behavior. In the early phases of the pandemic, perceptions of coronavirus risk in most countries are …
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We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
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who participates in this shift. We exploit a dataset combining Gallup World Polls and Global Findex surveys for some 250 …
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There is significant cross-country variation in Covid-19 fatalities worldwide. In this study, we analyze the relationship between political trust and fatalities of the Covid-19 pandemic. By performing a cross-country analysis and controlling for other determinants, we find that government trust...
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