A universal testing and isolation policy is the most viable way to vanquish a pandemic. Its implementation requires: (i … economic fallout of the pandemic …

pandemic fades, unrest may reemerge in locations where it previously existed …

The COVID-19 pandemic led many emerging market central banks to adopt, for the first time, unconventional policies in …

outcomes. For instance, did the states with worse pandemic outcomes suffer more economically? What state-level characteristics … average had a lower case fatality rate. The economic fallout was widespread well beyond the direct impact of the pandemic …

, the COVID-19 pandemic will likely increase inequality, trigger social unrest, and lower future output in the years to come …

Countries have implemented several containment measures to halt the spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease, but it … data on the number of coronavirus disease cases as well as on real-time containment measures implemented by countries …. Results suggest that these measures have been very effective in flattening the 'pandemic curve', but there is significant …

higher infection rates and a prolonged pandemic, but in Sweden's case, the evidence remains mixed in this regard, and it is …

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented shock to firms with adverse consequences for existing productive … the pandemic, and we expect firms facing digital constraints to be less resilient to supply shocks. This paper uses firm …-level data to investigate whether digitally-enabled firms have been able to mitigate economic losses arising from the pandemic …