Europe stands first in the world ranking of tourist destinations. Tourism is at the heart of a huge business ecosystem that contributes substantially to prosperity and job creation in all Member States of the European Union. The COVID-19 epidemic puts the EU tourism industry under unprecedented...

This paper investigates the impact of state-level Certificate-of-Need (CON) laws on COVID and non-COVID deaths in the United States during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. CON laws limit the expansion and acquisition of new medical services, such as new hospital beds. The coronavirus pandemic created a...

The COVID-19 crisis is unique in many respects, and as the IMF (World economic outlook April 2021. International Monetary Fund, p. 43, 2021a) puts it: "a crisis like no other." A global economic contraction occurred that was unprecedented in its speed and depth. Support packages were put...