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Local containment policies and countrywide spread of COVID-19 in the United States : an epidemiologic analysis

Rothert, Jacek; Brady, Ryan R.; Insler, Michael A. - In: Regional studies : official journal of the Regional … 58 (2024) 1, pp. 30-44

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Should contact bans be lifted in Germany? : a quantitative prediction of its effects

Donsimoni, Jean Roch; Glawion, René; Plachter, Bodo; … - 2020

Many countries consider the lifting of restrictions of social contacts (RSC). We quantify the effects of RSC for Germany. We initially employ a purely statistical approach to predicting prevalence of COVID19 if RSC were upheld after April 20. We employ these findings and feed them into our...

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The macroeconomics of testing and quarantining

Eichenbaum, Martin S.; Rebelo, Sérgio; Trabandt, Mathias - 2020

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Optimal epidemic suppression under an ICU constraint

Miclo, Laurent; Spiro, Daniel; Weibull, Jörgen W. - 2020

during an epidemic? We study a setting where ICU resources are constrained while suppression is costly (e.g., limiting … suppression measures are continuously taken to hold down the spread throughout the epidemic, is suboptimal. Instead, the optimal … suppression is discountinuous. The epidemic should be left unregulated in a first phase and when the ICU constraint is approaching …

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Optimally controlling an epidemic

Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2020

We propose a flexible model of infectious dynamics with a single endogenous state variable and economic choices. We characterize equilibrium, optimal outcomes, static and dynamic externalities, and prove the following: (i) A lockdown generically is followed by policies to stimulate activity....

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Social distancing and supply disruptions in a pandemic

Bodenstein, Martin; Corsetti, Giancarlo; Guerrieri, Luca - 2020

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Global mobility and the threat of pandemics: evidence from three centuries

Clemens, Michael A.; Ginn, Thomas - 2020

Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future pandemics, how should permanent restrictions on mobility respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced...

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The Great Lockdown : international risk sharing through trade and policy coordination

Engler, Philipp; Pouokam, Nathalie; Rodríguez, Diego; … - 2020

Voluntary and government-mandated lockdowns in response to COVID-19 have caused causing drastic reductions in economic activity around the world. We present a parsimonious two-country-SIR model with some degree of substitutability between home and foreign goods, and show that trading partners'...

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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

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