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Pandemic Meets Pollution : Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo Eduard - 2020
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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Lockdown Policies : A Macrodynamic Perspective for COVID-19
Busato, Francesco - 2020
with endogenous dynamics for the pandemic. There are three main results. First, the macroeconomic effects of the epidemic …
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The Economic Impacts of a Pandemic : What Happened after SARS in 2003?
Doan, Vu Nguyen; Nguyen Phuc Canh; Noy, Ilan; Sawada, … - 2021
This study quantifies the economic impacts of SARS on the four affected Asian economies and the two most affected Chinese regions using synthetic control methods with macroeconomic and remote-sensing nightlight data. For the four affected economies (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore), we...
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Compliance with COVID-19 Social-Distancing Measures in Italy : The Role of Expectations and Duration
Briscese, Guglielmo - 2020
epidemic respond to the length of their possible extension. Based on a survey of a representative sample of Italian residents …
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Public Attention and Policy Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic
Aksoy, Cevat Giray - 2020
Early non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) significantly reduced the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, there are vast differences in how quickly governments implemented NPIs. In this paper, we analyze the role of public attention, measured as the share of daily Google searches in a...
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How Effective are Social Distancing Policies? Evidence on the Fight Against COVID-19 from Germany
Glogowsky, Ulrich - 2020
behavior and (b) the spread of the epidemic. Combining administrative health data and cell phone data, we find that the … policies, first, heavily reduced citizens' mobility and, second, strongly contained the epidemic. In comparison to a benchmark …
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The Coronavirus and the Great Influenza Epidemic - Lessons from the 'Spanish Flu' for the Coronavirus's Potential Effects on Mortality and Economic Activity
Barro, Robert J. - 2020
Mortality and economic contraction during the 1918-1920 Great Influenza Epidemic provide plausible upper bounds for … 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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A Matter of Trust? Political Trust and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Hofmann, Hans Philipp - 2021
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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COVID-19 Vaccination : The Role of Crisis Experience
Gründler, Klaus; Hackenberger, Armin; Harter, Anina; … - 2021
We propose that crisis experience influences preferences towards COVID-19 vaccination and the speed of vaccination during the initial phase when vaccines became available. We use macro and micro data to empirically investigate our theory and introduce a novel crisis experience index. Evidence...
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The Effect of Social Distancing Measures on the Demand for Intensive Care : Evidence on COVID-19 in Scandinavia
Juranek, Steffen - 2020
Understanding the effectiveness of social distancing on the spread of COVID-19 is crucial to justify economically costly social distancing measures. We present a case study focusing on the three Scandinavian countries. Whereas Denmark and Norway imposed relatively strict measures, Sweden follows...
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