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Tracking the economic impact of COVID-19 and mitigation policies in Europe and the United States

Chen, Sophia; Igan, Deniz; Pierri, Nicola; Presbitero, … - 2020

We use high-frequency indicators to analyze the economic impact of COVID-19 in Europe and the United States during the early phase of the pandemic. We document that European countries and U.S. states that experienced larger outbreaks also suffered larger economic losses. We also find that the...

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Loss-of-learning and the post-Covid recovery in low-income countries

Buffie, Edward F.; Adam, Christopher S.; Zanna, Luis-Felipe - 2022

We analyze the medium-term macroeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lock-down measures on low-income countries. We focus on the impact over the medium-run of the degradation of health and human capital caused by the pandemic and its aftermath, exploring the trade-offs between...

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Hysteresis and business cycles

Cerra, Valerie; Fatás, Antonio; Saxena, Sweta Chaman - 2020

renewed interest in hysteresis has been sparked by the persistence of the Global Financial Crisis and fears of a slow recovery …

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Global Risks and Collective Action Failures : What Can the International Community Do?

Ötker-Robe, İnci - 2014

Abstract What do climate change, global financial crises, pandemics, and fragility and conflict have in common? They … are all examples of global risks that can cross geographical and generational boundaries and whose mismanagement can … reverse gains in development and jeopardize the well-being of generations. Managing risks such as these becomes a global …

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Reducing risk while sharing it : a fiscal recipe for the EU at the time of COVID-19

Batini, Nicoletta; Lamperti, Francesco; Roventini, Andrea - 2020

The COVID-19 lockdowns have brought about the need of large fiscal responses in all European countries. However, countries across Europe are differently equipped to respond to the shock due to differences in economic conditions and fiscal space. We build on the model by Berger and others (2019)...

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Exiting from lockdowns : early evidence from reopenings in Europe

Franks, Jeffrey Richard; Gruss, Bertrand; Mulas … - 2020

European authorities introduced stringent lockdown measures in early 2020 to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. As the first wave of infection curves flattened and the outbreak appeared controlled, most countries started to reopen their economies albeit using diverse strategies. This paper...

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The Finance and Growth Nexus Re-Examined : Do All Countries Benefit Equally?

Barajas, Adolfo - 2013

throughout the world. This paper contributes to the literature by investigating whether this impact differs across regions …

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Resource Windfalls, Macroeconomic Stability and Growth : The Role of Political Institutions

Kazimov, Kazim - 2011

We use a new dataset on non-resource GDP to examine the performance of commodity-exporting countries in terms of macroeconomic stability and economic growth in a panel of up to 129 countries during the period 1970-2007. Our main findings are threefold. First, we find that overall government...

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The finance and growth nexus re-examined : do all countries benefit equally?

Barajas, Adolfo; Chami, Ralph; Yousefi, Seyed Reza - 2013

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Resource windfalls, macroeconomic stability and growth : the role of political institutions

Arezki, Rabah - 2011

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