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Face masks increase compliance with physical distancing recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Seres, Gyula; Balleyer, Anna Helen; Cerutti, Nicola; … - 2020
Governments across the world have implemented restrictive policies to slow the spread of COVID-19. Recommended face mask use has been a controversially discussed policy, among others, due to potential adverse effects on physical distancing. Using a randomized field experiment (N=300), we show...
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Optimal lockdown and vaccination policies to contain the spread of a mutating infectious disease
Prieur, Fabien; Ruan, Weihua; Zou, Benteng - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013337345
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Evaluating the effectiveness of policies against a pandemic
Alemán, Christian; Busch, Christopher; Ludwig, Alexander; … - 2020
We develop a novel empirical approach to identify the effectiveness of policies against a pandemic. The essence of our … approach is the insight that epidemic dynamics are best tracked over stages, rather than over time. We use a normalization … procedure that makes the pre-policy paths of the epidemic identical across regions. The procedure uncovers regional variation in …
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Isolating the incapacitative effect of social distancing on crime : evidence from Ecuador's Covid-19 lockdown
Mahe, Clotilde; Parra-Cely, Sergio - 2020
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Spreading the disease : protest in times of pandemics
Lange, Martin; Monscheuer, Ole - 2021
This study analyzes the impact of COVID-19 deniers on the spread of COVID-19 in Germany. In a first step, we establish a link between regional proxies of COVID-19 deniers and infection rates. We then estimate the causal impact of large anti-lockdown protests on the spread of COVID-19 using an...
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Sleep quality and the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in five European countries
Jabakhanji, Samira; Lepinteur, Anthony; Menta, Giorgia; … - 2022 - This version: September 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to lifestyle changes across Europe with a likely impact on sleep quality. This … investigation considers sleep quality in relation to the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in five European countries. Using panel … deaths/100,000 inhabitants (our proxy for the evolution of the pandemic) significantly reduced sleep quality in France …
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Trust issues? : how being socialised in an autocracy shapes vaccine uptake
Boese, Vanessa Alexandra; Bayerlein, Michael; Gates, Scott - 2023 - This version: October 24, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic increased pressure on the relationship between governments and the public, making cooperation …
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Covid-19 and capital flows : the responses of investors to the responses of governments
Goldbach, Stefan; Nitsch, Volker - 2021
partner's economic support policies. Moreover, to the extent that public interventions to fight the pandemic affect financial …
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Covid-19 crisis fuels hostility against foreigners
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; … - 2020 - This version: June 2020, revised version
Aggressive behavior against out-group members often rises during periods of economic hardship and health pandemics. Here, we test the widespread concern that the Covid-19 crisis may fuel hostility against people from other nations or ethnic minorities. Using a controlled money-burning task, we...
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The trade impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
Liu, Xuepeng; Ornelas, Emanuel; Shi, Huimin - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012581771