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Contagion of Fear : Is the Impact of COVID-19 on Sovereign Risk Really Indiscriminate?
Cevik, Serhan; Ozturkkal, Belma - 2021
This paper investigates the impact of infectious diseases on the evolution of sovereign credit default swap (CDS) spreads for a panel of 77 advanced and developing countries. Using annual data over the 2004-2020 period, we find that infectious-disease outbreaks have no discernible effect on CDS...
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The Effects of an HIV and AIDS Project on Migrants at Source and Destination Sites in Nepal, Bangladesh and India : Findings from a Quasi-Experimental Study
Samuels, Fiona - 2014
vulnerability among cross-border migrants in Nepal, Bangladesh and India. The results from the study suggests that HIV and AIDS …-related service uptake. The study finds strong evidence that the EMPHASIS project had a positive impact on HIV and AIDS knowledge and …-specific partnerships and engagement and through capacity building of HIV and AIDS service providers. The study also find that it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049777
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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271478
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The macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS
Haacker, Markus (ed.) - 2004
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The macroeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS in Botswana
MacFarlan, Maitland; Sgherri, Silvia - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001601774
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Global Lessons from the AIDS Pandemic : Economic, Financial, Legal and Political Implications
Condon, Bradly J. (contributor); Sinha, Tapen (contributor) - 2008
This book examines the global HIV/AIDS pandemic from a multidisciplinary perspective, analyzing its economic impact … mechanisms for financing global and national responses. The authors paint a global picture of the HIV/AIDS pandemic one issue … a comprehensive HIV/AIDS strategy. The book analyzes the successes and failures of national governments, international …
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Global lessons from the AIDS pandemic : economic, financial, legal and political implications
Condon, Bradly J.; Sinha, Tapen - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008811411
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Lee-Carter and the macroeconomy
Hanewald, Katja - 2009
Using data for six OECD countries, this paper studies the effect of macroeconomic conditions on the mortality index kt in the well-known Lee-Carter model. Significant correlations are found with real GDP growth rates in Australia, Canada, and the United States, and with unemployment rate changes...
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Do gun buybacks save lives? : evidence from panel data
Leigh, Andrew; Neill, Christine - 2010
In 1997, Australia implemented a gun buyback program that reduced the stock of firearms by around one-fifth. Using differences across states in the number of firearms withdrawn, we test whether the reduction in firearms availability affected firearm homicide and suicide rates. We find that the...
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Much ado about nothing? : Smoking bans and Germany's hospitality industry
Kvasnicka, Michael; Tauchmann, Harald - 2010
Over the last years, public smoking bans have been introduced in most European countries. Unlike elsewhere, in Germany such bans were introduced at state level at different points in time, which provides important intra-country regional variation that can be exploited to identify the effects of...
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