impact of COVID-19. A costly disaster series is constructed over the sample 1980:1-2020:04 and the dynamic impact of a … disaster shock on economic activity and on uncertainty is studied using a VAR. While past natural disasters are local in nature … of large disaster shocks. Even in a fairly conservative case where COVID-19 is a 5-month shock with its magnitude …

quality of aid delivered and social agendas pursued across neighboring villages in a set disaster context. We model the …

In the two decades straddling China's WTO accession, the China Shock, i.e. the rapid trade integration of China in the … about the extent of China Shock's repercussions in their district at the time when they voted on China's Normal Trade … U.S. House of Representatives on China's Normal Trade Relations status, we formally test what information politicians …

empirical literature studying the “China shock.” We find that the China shock leads to average welfare increases in most U …

best, particularly in comparison with that of China. Comparing these countries and reviewing the literature, we conclude … gained from trade, and by some measures, more so than China. We sketch out a theory in which developing countries can grow … continuing reforms, Chinese growth is likely to slow down sharply, perhaps leaving China at a level less than Mexico's real GDP …

China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … non-communicable diseases over the period 2010-2030 are $16 trillion for China (measured in real USD with the base year …-effectiveness analysis by identifying some intervention strategies to reduce disease prevalence in China that are cost beneficial and …