We compare health system responses to the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and Spain. In both countries … first wave, leaving more autonomy to regional governments in Italy than in Spain. Upon documenting national and regional … autonomy, and fostering experimentation and local solutions explains the gap between Italy and Spain in the first wave of the …

while keeping the epidemic in check. Here I use basic economic principles to shed light on the key tradeoffs. A central …

This paper investigates the role of testing and age-composition in the Covid-19 epidemic. We augment a standard SIR …

early months of the ongoing pandemic. We work with de-identified data from Facebook to show that U.S. users whose friends … live in areas with worse coronavirus outbreaks reduce their mobility more than otherwise similar users whose friends live … alternative explanations for the observed relationships. We also analyze data on public posts and membership in groups advocating …

We employ panel data from three waves of a large representative population survey carried out between June and November … fraction of the population is concerned that they or their family members and friends may get infected with the coronavirus …

. Our analysis draws on postcode-level data on card transactions and WFH patterns in major German cities between January …

We evaluate Germany's temporary value-added tax (VAT) rate reduction as a tool to stimulate consumer spending during … the Covid-19 pandemic using a comparative case study approach. We construct a credible counterfactual for Germany in a two … similar to Germany regarding important post-treatment characteristics. Second, we apply a reweighting scheme on the pre …

remove concurrent policy bias from the effect of each policy of interest, and we establish that policies curb the epidemic by …

. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather …We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany …

, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one …-March until mid-May. Using Italy as a case study, we find that high-social-capital areas exhibit lower excess mortality and a …