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The economics of the COVID-19 pandemic in poor countries
Miguel, Edward; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health and living standards around the world. This article provides an interim …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698146
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Do bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? : an empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world
Cooray, Arusha; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; De … - 2020
How has government healthcare spending prepared countries for tackling the COVID19 pandemic? Arguably, spending is the primary policy tool of governments in providing effective health. We argue that the effectiveness of spending in reducing COVID deaths is conditional on the existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012405626
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The TRIPS waiver proposal: an urgent measure to expand access to the COVID-19 vaccines
Menezes, Henrique Zeferino de - 2021
and unequal access will lead to an increase in international inequalities, leaving a large part of the world to have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012496070
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Public attention and policy responses to COVID-19 pandemic
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Ganslmeier, Michael; Poutvaara, Panu - 2020
Early non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) significantly reduced the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, there are vast differences in how quickly governments implemented NPIs. In this paper, we analyze the role of public attention, measured as the share of daily Google searches in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241067
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Public attention and policy responses to COVID-19 pandemic
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Ganslmeier, Michael; Poutvaara, Panu - 2020
Early non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) significantly reduced the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, there are vast differences in how quickly governments implemented NPIs. In this paper, we analyze the role of public attention, measured as the share of daily Google searches in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243274
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coronavirus disease-19
Van Barneveld, Kristin; Quinlan, Michael; Kriesler, Peter; … - In: The economic and labour relations review : ELRR 31 (2020) 2, pp. 133-157
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Global health care infrastructure and Africa in times of Covid-19 : insights for sustainable development and future pandemics
Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
analysis is provided to showcase which regions are leading in the health facilities in the world in general and Africa in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301756
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Globalization and outbreak of COVID-19 : an empirical analysis
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Feizi, Mehdi; Fereidouni, … - 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between globalization, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19 … cannot explain cross-country differences in COVID-19 confirmed deaths. The fatalities of coronavirus are mostly explained by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012198302
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Pandemic economics and the transformation of health policy
Chen, Xi; Fan, Annie - 2021
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is bringing about once-in-a-century changes to human society. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427636
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Spreading the disease : protest in times of pandemics
Lange, Martin; Monscheuer, Ole - 2021
This study analyzes the impact of COVID-19 deniers on the spread of COVID-19 in Germany. In a first step, we establish a link between regional proxies of COVID-19 deniers and infection rates. We then estimate the causal impact of large anti-lockdown protests on the spread of COVID-19 using an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012430924