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Optimal Age-based Policies for Pandemics : An Economic Analysis of Covid-19 and Beyond
Brotherhood, Luiz Mário; Kircher, Philipp; Santos, Cézar - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper investigates the importance of the age composition for pandemic policy design. To do so, it introduces an economic framework with age heterogeneity, individual choice, and incomplete information, emphasizing the value of testing. Calibrating the model to the US Covid-19 pandemic...
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Do Pandemics Change Healthcare? Evidence from the Great Influenza
Esteves, Rui Pedro; Mitchener, Kris; Nencka, Peter; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
healthcare responded to pandemic intensity, suggesting that large health shocks do not necessarily lead to increased public … provision of health services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462691
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Randomized Regulation : The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Health Markets
Bedoya, Guadalupe; Das, Jishnu; Dolinger, Amy - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We report results from the first randomization of a regulatory reform in the health sector. The reform established … epidemics. In our experiment, all 1348 health facilities in three Kenyan counties were classified into 273 markets, and the … markets were then randomly allocated to treatment and control groups. Government inspectors visited health facilities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287304
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Girls' Night In? Effects of the Kenyan COVID-19 Lockdown on Web Browsing
Giardili, Soledad; Jain, Sanjay; Miller, Amalia R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We present the first objective evidence on how COVID-19 lockdowns affected internet browser usage in Africa, using detailed digital trace data on PC-based and mobile-based browsing patterns of 316 Kenyans who had access to a PC, covering the period before and during Kenya's first national...
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From "The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance" to "The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review"
Loubergé, Henri - In: The Geneva risk and insurance review 40 (2015) 2, pp. 97-101
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382118
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Participating insurance contracts and the Rothschild-Stiglitz equilibrium puzzle
Picard, Pierre - In: The Geneva risk and insurance review 39 (2014) 2, pp. 153-175
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Insurance and endogenous bankruptcy risk : when is it rational to choose gambling, insurance, and potential bankruptcy?
Posey, Lisa L.; Bajtelsmit, Vickie - In: The Geneva risk and insurance review 42 (2017) 1, pp. 15-40
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Internalizing externalities of loss prevention through insurance monopoly : an analysis of interdependent risks
Hofmann, Annette - In: The Geneva risk and insurance review 32 (2007) 1, pp. 91-111
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Optimal investment strategies for insurance companies when capital requirements are imposed by a standard formula
Fischer, Katharina; Schlütter, Sebastian - In: The Geneva risk and insurance review 40 (2015) 1, pp. 15-40
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Quality of after-sales services in a competitive insurance sector
Fedele, Alessandro; Tedeschi, Piero - In: The Geneva risk and insurance review 40 (2015) 1, pp. 65-88
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430692