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The political economy of early Covid-19 interventions in US states

Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2022

We investigate how politico-economic factors shaped government responses to the spread of COVID-19. Our simple framework uses epidemiological, economic and politico-economic arguments. Confronting the theory with US state level data we find strong evidence for partisanship even when we control...

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Health expenditures and the effectiveness of Covid-19 prevention in international comparison

Hansen, Jaqueline; Reinecke, Antonia; Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - 2021

lockdowns with a focus on the role of health care based upon both the between and the within-variation of our panel-data. The … the state of the health care system before the crisis. Lockdowns were more efficient in countries with well …-supported health care systems. Marginal effects turn insignificant when per capita health expenditure dips below the mean. We can show …

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Promotion ban and heterogeneity in retail prices during the great lockdown

Hindriks, Jean; Madio, Leonardo; Serse, Valerio - 2021

We study the impact of the Belgium lockdown on retail prices using a unique dataset tracking daily prices and promotions for various products in different stores and retail chains. Two distinctive features of our analysis are the ban on promotions during the first two weeks of the lockdown, and...

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Parents under stress : evaluating emergency childcare policies during the first Covid-19 lockdown in Germany

Schüller, Simone; Steinberg, Hannah S. - 2021

policies did not considerably affect parents' life satisfaction, partnership satisfaction or mental health, they have been …

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The "welcomed lockdown" hypothesis : when do mobility restrictions influence mental wellbeing?

Costa-Font, Joan; Knapp, Martin; Vilaplana Prieto, Cristina - 2022

the effects on two mental health conditions, namely anxiety and depression. We examine whether differences in symptoms of …

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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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Walking the tightrope : avoiding a lockdown while containing the virus

Égert, Balázs; Guillemette, Yvan; Murtin, Fabrice; … - 2020

large sample of countries, in terms of containment and public health policies. This is with a view to providing insight into … of public health policies – with an emphasis on comprehensive testing, tracing and isolation, but also including mask … outbreaks and because implementing some of the recommended public health policies may be difficult to achieve or have …

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Socio-economic attitudes in the era of social distancing and lockdowns

Arin, Kerim Peren; Lacomba, Juan A.; Lagos, Francisco; … - 2021

We examine the impact of the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide movement restrictions on socio-economic attitudes in four European countries (France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom). We conducted large-scale surveys while the pandemic rapidly spread before and after...

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Optimally controlling an epidemic

Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2020

We propose a flexible model of infectious dynamics with a single endogenous state variable and economic choices. We characterize equilibrium, optimal outcomes, static and dynamic externalities, and prove the following: (i) A lockdown generically is followed by policies to stimulate activity....

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Social distancing and the economic impact of COVID-19 in the United States

Bürgi, Constantin; Gorgulu, Nisan - 2020

This study documents how the demographics of new infections and mortality changed over time across US counties. We find that counties with a larger population share aged above 60 were hit harder initially in terms of both cases and mortality in March and April while counties with a larger...

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