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The impact of the earthquake of March 11th on the Japanese economy and the rest of the world
In: Banque de France bulletin / Quarterly selection of articles 21 (2011), pp. 5-25
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The Income Elasticity of Global Values of a Statistical Life : Stated Preference Evidence
Masterman, Clayton - 2018
Examination of estimates of the income elasticity of the value of a statistical life based on international stated preference studies yields an average between 0.94 and 1.05 overall and 0.65 and 0.80 after controlling for covariates. Quantile regression estimates indicate that the income...
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Interpreting, analysing and modelling COVID-19 mortality data
Sornette, Didier; Mearns, Euan; Schatz, Michael; Wu, Ke; … - 2020
We present results on the mortality statistics of the COVID-19 epidemic in a number of countries. Our data analysis … inhabitants, a pattern emerges in which the Western countries exhibit the largest mortality rate. Furthermore, comparing the … larger population of elderly people, with exceptions such as Norway and Japan, for which other factors seem to dominate. Our …
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Health and Environmental Policies Associated with Low Fatality Rate of COVID-19
Coccia, Mario - 2021
The statistical evidence of the study here shows that countries with a low average COVID-19 fatality rate have high expenditures in health sector and a lower exposure of population to air pollution, regardless a higher percentage of population aged more than 65 years. This study suggests that...
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Pandemic Meets Pollution : Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo E. - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
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Pandemic Meets Pollution : Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by Covid-19
Isphording, Ingo E. - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829235
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Beyond Covid : pandemics and the economics of aging and longevity
Strulik, Holger; Grossmann, Volker - 2024
In this paper, we examine the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on individual aging and longevity with special focus on socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes. We also explore the individual-specific effects of Long Covid. We develop and calibrate a health economic model based on principles...
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Impact of policy measures and behavior on the COVID pandemic in Germany
Bethäuser, Jenny - 2024
Critics protest loudly against restrictions imposed by politicians during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: Mandatory masks, lockdowns, school and business closures. This paper examines (1) the extent to which these policies have indirectly contributed to limiting the number of COVID-19 cases...
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Discrimination Today - The Dangers of Pariah-tizing the Elderly during the COVID Pandemic
Billauer, Barbara Pfeffer - 2022
Epidemics invite “pariah-tization.” By this, I mean the process of stigmatizing one marginalized and impotent segment of society as being the group most vulnerable to the disease at hand- without reliable scientific basis. Doing so allows those in power, the young, the rich, the...
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Electricity markets stabilized following the energy crisis : 80 percent renewable energy and coal phase-out by 2030 are possible
Kendziorski, Mario; Barner, Lukas; Kemfert, Claudia; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 14 (2024) 16/17/18, pp. 129-136
The German electricity market has recovered well from the 2022 energy crisis. Policymakers should now redirect the … focus of energy policy to further expanding renewable energy sources. The year 2023 showed that the German electricity … climate policy to cover 80 percent of electricity consumption with renewable energy sources, as the German Renewable Energy …
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