) to evaluate the effects of vaccinations and variants on the epidemic and macroeconomic outlook. Vaccination plays the …, increasing the volatility of epidemic curves and worsening the macroeconomic outlook. If a more contagious variant emerges after … vaccination becomes available, therefore, the mitigating factor of the latter is at least partially offset by the former. A new …

result in lower vaccination hesitancies, ceteris paribus. …

challenge of encouraging vaccination more urgent than ever. We present a large field experiment (N=47,306) testing 19 nudges … messages sent prior to a primary care visit can boost vaccination rates by an average of 5%. Overall, interventions performed … campaigns to encourage the adoption of life-saving vaccines, including against COVID-19 …