by the Federal Reserve, stimulus measures, as well as recommendations from health officials. This experiment allows us to …

drivers of the administration and delivery efficiency of coronavirus vaccines. For this purpose, we use data from the 50 US … states with more nursing homes per capita, in states with more COVID-19 deaths, and with more health workers. The subset of … health workers, including physicians and nurses, did not significantly impact administration or efficiency. On the other hand …

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 …

during an epidemic? We study a setting where ICU resources are constrained while suppression is costly (e.g., limiting … suppression measures are continuously taken to hold down the spread throughout the epidemic, is suboptimal. Instead, the optimal … suppression is discountinuous. The epidemic should be left unregulated in a first phase and when the ICU constraint is approaching …

The COVID-19 pandemic is producing a global health and economic crisis. The entire globe is facing the trade …-off between health and recessionary effects. This paper investigates this trade-off according to a macro-dynamic perspective. We … with endogenous dynamics for the pandemic. There are three main results. First, the macroeconomic effects of the epidemic …

What political legacy is bequeathed by national health crises such as epidemics? We show that epidemic exposure in an … confidence in public health systems, suggesting that the loss of confidence in political institutions and leaders is associated …, we report evidence suggesting that the epidemic-induced loss of political trust may discourage electoral participation in …

is followed by policies to stimulate activity. (ii) Re-infection risk lowers the activity level chosen by the government …