The pandemic has brought about unprecedented changes in the economic and social lives of people, the long-lasting impacts of which are yet to be unravelled fully. After a pandemic, associations can become less material, and young people prioritize meaningful experiences over material products....

During the COVID-19 pandemic, some goods suddenly became scarce due to panic purchases and stockpiling. The decision to hoard is influenced by higher-order beliefs. If an agent believes that other agents think that a good will become scarce, she concludes that these other agents will hoard, and...

Indicators of trust, confidence, optimism or sentiment among consumers and/or investors, are published continuously in the mass media. More importantly, these indices seem not only to reflect how the state of the real economy is perceived by private agents, but can also help predict the future...