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The politicized pandemic : ideological polarization and the behavioral response to COVID-19

Grimalda, Gianluca; Murtin, Fabrice; Pipke, David; … - 2022

We investigate the relationship between political attitudes and prosociality in a survey of a representative sample of the U.S. population during the first summer of the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that an experimental measure of prosociality correlates positively with adherence to protective...

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Are Happier People More Compliant? Global Evidence from Three Large-Scale Surveys During Covid-19 Lockdowns

Krekel, Christian - 2020

Around the world, governments have been asking their citizens to practice physical distancing and stay at home to contain the spread of Covid-19. Are happier people more willing to comply with these measures? Using three independent surveys covering over 119,000 adult respondents across 35...

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Household Asset Portfolios during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Agarwal, Sumit - 2020

In this paper, we investigate the determinants of household asset portfolios during the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Using an online longitudinal survey and focusing on a broad spectrum of assets, including stocks, gold, wealth management products, and houses, we show that more confirmed COVID-19...

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The politicized pandemic: ideological polarization and the behavioral response to COVID-19

Grimalda, Gianluca; Murtin, Fabrice; Pipke, David; … - 2022

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Identity crisis of artists during the Covid-19 pandemic and shift towards entrepreneurship

Szostak, Michał; Sułkowski, Łukasz - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 9 (2021) 3, pp. 87-102

Objective: The objective of the article is to understand the changes in artists’ identity facing the global obstacle caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact of the identity crisis into the shift towards entrepreneurial behaviours. Creative individuals seems to be perfect examples of...

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Social interactions in a pandemic

Alfaro, Laura; Faia, Ester; Lamersdorf, Nora; Saidi, Farzad - 2021

Externalities and social preferences, such as patience and altruism, play a key role in the endogenous choice of social interactions, which in turn affect the diffusion of a pandemic or patterns of social segregation. We build a dynamic model, augmented with an SIR block, in which agents...

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Saving lives during the COVID-19 pandemic : the benefits of the first Swiss lockdown

Gatti, Nicolò; Retali, Beatrice - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 157 (2021) 1, pp. 1-21

The implementation of a lockdown to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a strong economic and political debate in several countries. This makes it crucial to shed light on the actual benefits of such kind of policy. To this purpose, we focus on the Swiss lockdown during the...

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Gender Differences in Fear and Risk Perception During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alsharawy, Abdelaziz; Spoon, Ross; Smith, Alec; Ball, … - 2021

process and express affective experiences, such as fear, with a greater intensity compared to men. We administered an online … survey to a sample of participants in the United States that measures fear of COVID-19, perceptions about health and … health consequences from COVID-19, women report greater fear and more negative expectations about health-related consequences …

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Leadership, Public Health Messaging, and Containment of Mobility in Mexico During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Aguilar-Gomez, Sandra; Arceo-Gomez, Eva; De la Cruz … - 2021

The effectiveness of wide-spread policy measures in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic hinges upon compliance with the ordinances. This study explores how leaders’ discourse relates to compliance with stay-at-home orders to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. We use...

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Morals, Markets, and Crises : Evidence from the COVID Pandemic

Mahmoud, Ola; Meyer, Julia - 2021

Are market agents more or less moral in times of crisis? Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experiment, we provide causal evidence for an increase in social responsibility and propose moral consistency and risk preferences as behavioral drivers. Two experiments conducted before and during...

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