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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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We study determinants of COVID-19 vaccine donations from recipients' perspective, especially considering supply chain and institutional weakness (corruption) aspects. Results, based on data from more than 131 nations, show that strengthened supply chains reduced donations. The impacts of...
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has resulted in the death of over four million people since late 2019. To … countries with a higher degree of public corruption before the pandemic have been less successful in the vaccination of their …
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relationship between political trust and fatalities of the Covid-19 pandemic. By performing a cross-country analysis and …
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Countries worldwide have implemented lockdown measures to contain the covid-19 pandemic. After more than three months … while keeping the epidemic in check. Here I use basic economic principles to shed light on the key tradeoffs. A central …
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its mobility restrictions have been an external shock, influencing wellbeing. However, does … differential timing of the effect of the pandemic across European countries, and the different stringency of lockdown to examine … lockdown took effect. However, such effects are wiped out when a country exhibits high mortality ('pandemic category 5'). Hence …
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Early non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) significantly reduced the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, there …
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The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between globalization, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19 … cannot explain cross-country differences in COVID-19 confirmed deaths. The fatalities of coronavirus are mostly explained by …
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social distancing behavior. In the early phases of the pandemic, perceptions of coronavirus risk in most countries are …This paper studies the social and economic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in a large sample of countries. I stress … explain not only the spread of the disease, but also cross-country spillovers in perceptions about coronavirus risk and in …
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potential to alter pre-pandemic routines sensitive to socialisation. This paper investigates the impact of lockdown exposure on … with a "still and dry pandemic for the many" hypothesis). However, we document an increase in alcohol use among heavy … drinkers, implying a split behavioural response to COVID-19 mobility restrictions based on alcohol use prior to the pandemic …
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