We develop a tractable general theory for the study of the economic and demographic impact of epidemics. In particular … period exogenous shocks to the survival rates. We identify three kinds of epidemics depending on how the epidemic shock …-period epidemic shock has no permanent effect on income distribution, it can perfectly alter it in the short and medium run. We then …

smallpox outbreak of 1780-82. We review contemporary descriptions of the epidemic and how Europeans at the time viewed its … impact on the native population of the region. We then explore the impact of the epidemic using three approaches. First, we … the epidemic in the context of the fur trade of the region; and finally, we suggest a measure of the population decline …