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COVID-19 Infection Data, Policy Interventions or Sentiment; What Explains International Stock Returns and Volatility?
Virk, Nader - 2021
We examine the impact of COVID-19 (C-19) pandemic on global equity markets by constructing novel infection indices. Our results show that the impact of prompt and large-scale policy interventions is ambiguous yet statistically significant. However, in this equivocality, the impact of global...
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The role of schools in transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus : quasi-experimental evidence from Germany
Bismarck-Osten, Clara von; Borusyak, Kirill; Schönberg, Uta - 2020
This paper considers the role of school closures in the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. To isolate the impact of the closures from other containment measures and identify a causal effect, we exploit variation in the start and end dates of the summer school and fall holiday across the 16 federal...
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The role of schools in transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus : quasi-experimental evidence from Germany
Bismarck-Osten, Clara von; Borusyak, Kirill; Schönberg, Uta - 2021
This paper considers the role of school closures in the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. To isolate the impact of the closures from other containment measures and identify a causal effect, we exploit variation in the start and end dates of the summer and fall school holidays across the 16 federal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012489812
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France and Germany exceed Italy, South Korea and Japan in temperature-adjusted Corona proliferation : a quick and dirty Sunday morning analysis
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2020
Measures to contain the Corona virus (COVID-19) may pay off in terms of slowing down proliferation. The proliferation trend in France and Germany now exceeds the one in Italy, South Korea and Japan. At the same time, the containment measures seem more intense in Italy, South Korea and Japan than...
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France and Germany exceed Italy, South Korea and Japan in temperature-adjusted Corona proliferation : a quick and dirty Sunday morning analysis
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2020
Measures to contain the Corona virus (COVID-19) may pay off in terms of slowing down proliferation. The proliferation trend in France and Germany now exceeds the one in Italy, South Korea and Japan. At the same time, the containment measures seem more intense in Italy, South Korea and Japan than...
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COVID-19 vaccination mandates and vaccine uptake
Karajvanov, Alexander K.; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - 2021
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The Pandemic Predominantly Hits Poor Neighbourhoods, or Does It? SARS-CoV-2 Infections and COVID-19 Fatalities in German Districts
Pluemper, Thomas; Neumayer, Eric - 2021
Background: Reports from the UK and the USA suggest that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) predominantly affects …
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COVID-19 vaccination mandates and vaccine uptake
Karajvanov, Alexander K.; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - 2021
We evaluate the impact of government mandated proof of vaccination requirements for access to public venues and non-essential businesses on COVID-19 vaccine uptake. We find that the announcement of a mandate is associated with a rapid and significant surge in new vaccinations (more than 60%...
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Corona monitoring nationwide (RKI-SOEP-2) : seroepidemiological study on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 across Germany
Bartig, Susanne; Brücker, Herbert; Butschalowsky, Hans; … - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 243 (2023) 3/4, pp. 431-449
SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus, spread across Germany within just a short period of time. Seroepidemiological studies are … survey data offer a better understanding of the scope of the epidemic in Germany and can help in identifying target groups …
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Timing matters : the impact of response measures on COVID-19-related hospitalization and death rates in Germany and Switzerland
Huber, Martin; Langen, Henrika - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 156 (2020) 1/10, pp. 1-19
-related hospitalization and death rates. Our analysis exploits the fact that the epidemic was more advanced in some regions …-specific start of the epidemic and comparing outcomes across regions with earlier and later start dates. When estimating the effect … of the relative timing of measures, we control for regional characteristics and initial epidemic trends by linear …
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