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Effects of COVID-19 Related Government Response Stringency and Support Policies : Evidence from European Firms
Janzen, Benedikt; Radulescu, Doina - 2021
In this paper we employ survey information on more than 10,000 Southern and Eastern European firms and panel data methods to assess the effects of the COVID-19-related lockdown and government support policies on the business operations of enterprises. Our findings reveal considerable size- and...
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Public Attention and Policy Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic
Aksoy, Cevat - 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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Revenge of the Experts : Will COVID-19 Renew or Diminish Public Trust in Science?
Eichengreen, Barry; Aksoy, Cevat; Saka, Orkun - 2021
It is sometimes said that an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic will be heightened appreciation of the importance of scientific research and expertise. We test this hypothesis by examining how exposure to previous epidemics affected trust in science and scientists. Building on the “impressionable...
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Tourism Persistence in the Southeastern European Countries : The Impact of COVID-19
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Imeri, Amir; Gil-Alana, Luis A. - 2022
This paper examines tourism persistence in a group of Southeastern European (SEE) countries (Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria …
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The End of Tourist Traps : A Natural Experiment on the Impact of Tripadvisor on Quality Upgrading
Donati, Dante - 2022
Asymmetric information can distort market outcomes. I study how the online disclosure of information affects consumers’ behavior and firms’ incentives to upgrade product quality in markets where information is traditionally limited. I first build a model of consumer search with firms’...
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A Beam of Light : Media, Tourism & Economic Development
Nocito, Samuel; Sartarelli, Marcello; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2021
Tourism accounts for around one tenth of global GDP. We analyze the impact of entertainment media in drawing tourists … to filming locations (media multiplier ) and, in turn, the effect of tourism on local economic development (tourism … factor of 2.5. Furthermore, we provide evidence of positive spillovers in nearby municipalities. To estimate the tourism …
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The Trade Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Liu, Xuepeng; Ornelas, Emanuel; Shi, Huimin - 2021
Using a gravity-like approach, we study how Covid-19 deaths and lockdown policies affected countries’ imports from China during 2020. We find that a country’s own Covid-19 deaths and lockdowns significantly reduced its imports from China, suggesting that the negative demand effects prevailed...
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The Economic Effects of COVID-19 in Sweden : A Report on Income, Taxes, Distribution, and Government Support Policies
Angelov, Nikolay; Waldenström, Daniel - 2023
This report analyses the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic and support policies using underutilized …
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How Effective are Social Distancing Policies? Evidence on the Fight Against COVID-19 from Germany
Glogowsky, Ulrich - 2020
To fight the spread of COVID-19, many countries implemented unprecedented social distancing policies. This is the first paper that uses an event-study approach to examine the effects of the German social distancing policies on (a) individual behavior and (b) the spread of the epidemic. Combining...
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The Zombification of the Economy? Assessing the Effectiveness of French Government Support During COVID-19 Lockdown
Guerini, Mattia; Nesta, Lionel; Ragot, Xavier; Schiavo, … - 2022
This paper evaluates the risk of zombification of the French economy during the sanitary crisis, as a result of the unconditional financial support provided to firms by public authorities. We develop a simple theoretical framework based on a partial-equilibrium model to simulate the liquidity...
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