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Healthcare reform in Greece : progress and reform priorities

Kalavrezou, Niki; Jin, Hui - 2021

We review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending was successfully curtailed, elements of the institutional framework were modernized, and health outcomes have been relatively favorable. However, especially prior to Covid-19,...

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What are the economic effects of pandemic containment policies? : evidence from Sweden

Bricco, Jana; Misch, Florian; Solovʹeva, Aleksandra S. - 2020

This paper examines the economic effects of policies to contain Covid-19, by extracting lessons from Sweden …'s experience during the 'Great Lockdown'. Sweden's approach was less stringent and based more on social responsibility than legal … obligations compared to European peers. First, we provide an account of Sweden's strategy and the health outcomes. Second, drawing …

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Does the clarity of inflation reports affect volatility in financial markets?

Bulíř, Aleš; Čihák, Martin; Jansen, David-Jan - 2014

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Does the Clarity of Inflation Reports Affect Volatility in Financial Markets?

Bulir, Ales - 2014

We study whether clarity of central bank inflation reports affects return volatility in financial markets. We measure clarity of reports by the Czech National Bank, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and Sveriges Riksbank using the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, a standard readability...

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Machine learning and causality : the impact of financial crises on growth

Tiffin, Andrew - 2019

Machine learning tools are well known for their success in prediction. But prediction is not causation, and causal discovery is at the core of most questions concerning economic policy. Recently, however, the literature has focused more on issues of causality. This paper gently introduces some...

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The sectoral trade losses from financial crises

Atsebi, Bédhat Jean-Marc; Combes, Jean-Louis; Minea, … - 2021

The "Great Trade Collapse" triggered by the 2008-09 crisis calls for a careful assessment of the trade losses from financial crises. We adopt a more detailed perspective by looking at the response of different types of trade (i.e. agricultural, mining, and manufactured goods, and services)...