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Corporate sector vulnerabilities have been a central policy topic since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we analyze some 17,000 publicly listed firms in a sample of 24 countries, and assess their ability to withstand shocks induced by the pandemic to their liquidity, viability...
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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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In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, governments around the world announced unprecedented fiscal packages to address the … international organizations attempted to assess the "greenness" of the fiscal policy response of the world's largest economies. This …
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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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Abstract In this paper we ask whether countries can influence their exposure to changes in global financial conditions …. Specifically, we show that even though we can model cross-country capital flows via a global factor that closely tracks changes in … global financial conditions, there is a large degree of heterogeneity in the sensitivity of each country to this same global …
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global datasets. During the pandemic, fiscal frameworks were put to test. The widespread use of escape clauses was one of the …
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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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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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Covid-19 has exacerbated economic and social vulnerabilities across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is a risk that growth could be lower for longer, with a setback to development. Post-pandemic reforms thus become even more important, especially with constrained scope for fiscal and monetary...
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