the health crisis and ensuing Great Lockdown, came with an unseen level of economic uncertainty. First, using a European … the months following the coronavirus outbreak. Moreover, we observe a significant, coinciding slowdown in labour markets … implemented or reformed at the onset of the COVID crisis, however, do not seem to have mitigated overall ec onomic anxiety. …

The Coronavirus pandemic has put extreme pressure on public health services, often delivered at the local and regional …

well as national governments in the euro area during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to support lending to the real … crisis will develop in the future. Against this backdrop, it proposes a method of addressing such uncertainty by assessing …

nature of the policy support to firms during the COVID-19 crisis. Matched with hard data on the balance sheets and Profit and … it has been allotted mostly owing to the sales losses during the crisis, going to firms most affected during the crisis …. We do not find evidence that the support was tilted towards firms already weak before the crisis. Second, we show that …

Corruption at the border distorts resource allocation, undermines the level playing field for businesses, hampers the … policies could potentially reduce the incentives and the opportunities for corruption. This paper explores potential … determinants of border-related corruption and trade facilitation policies most likely to address it. Countries with higher …

Potential economic benefits of integrity and anti-corruption policies seem large. Nevertheless, much of the existing … paper reviews OECD’s involvement in integrity and anti-corruption agenda as well as available indicators of integrity and … anti-corruption policies and outcomes. It outlines avenues for future analysis that include assessment of public …