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Evaluating the effectiveness of policies against a pandemic
Alemán, Christian; Busch, Christopher; Ludwig, Alexander; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012523411
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Making sense of the Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic
Bughin, Jacques - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432026
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Optimism bias during the COVID-19 pandemic : empirical evidence from Romania and Italy
Druică, Elena; Musso, Fabio; Ianole-Călin, Rodica - In: Games 11 (2020) 3/39, pp. 1-15
Given the importance of perceived susceptibility to a disease in adopting preventive behaviors, and the negative impact of optimism bias on prevention, this paper aimed to explore to what extent comparative optimism bias (understood as the tendency to assess a lower probability for oneself to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432221
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Parallels between financial regulation prior to the global financial crisis and lack of public health preparation prior to Covid-19
Longworth, David J.; Milne, Frank - 2021
In this paper, we discuss 10 parallels between the lack of preparation of financial system regulators prior to the GFC and the lack of preparation by public health authorities and governments prior to Covid-19. These parallels relate to: required stocks (of capital or equipment), data collection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012490913
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Evaluating the effectiveness of policies against a pandemic
Alemán, Christian; Busch, Christopher; Ludwig, Alexander; … - 2020
approach is the insight that epidemic dynamics are best tracked over stages, rather than over time. We use a normalization … procedure that makes the pre-policy paths of the epidemic identical across regions. The procedure uncovers regional variation in … the stage of the epidemic at the time of policy implementation. This variation delivers clean identification of the policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012315000
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An economic model of the Covid-19 epidemic : the importance of testing and age-apecific policies
Brotherhood, Luiz Mário; Kircher, Philipp; Santos, Cézar - 2020
This paper investigates the role of testing and age-composition in the Covid-19 epidemic. We augment a standard SIR …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219674
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Life dissatisfaction and anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic
Pedraza, Pablo de; Guzi, Martin; Tijdens, Kea Gartje - 2020
The rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths, prolonged lockdowns, substantial restrictions on public life and an economic downturn negatively affect personal well-being. In this paper, we explore COVID- 19-related determinants of life dissatisfaction and feelings of anxiety using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012220789
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Life dissatisfaction and anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic
Pedraza, Pablo de; Guzi, Martin; Tijdens, Kea Gartje - 2020
The rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths, prolonged lockdowns, substantial restrictions on public life and an economic downturn negatively affect personal well-being. In this paper, we explore COVID-19-related determinants of life dissatisfaction and feelings of anxiety using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012233238
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Evaluating the effectiveness of policies against a pandemic
Alemán, Christian; Busch, Christopher; Ludwig, Alexander; … - 2020
approach is the insight that epidemic dynamics are best tracked over stages, rather than over time. We use a normalization … procedure that makes the pre-policy paths of the epidemic identical across regions. The procedure uncovers regional variation in … the stage of the epidemic at the time of policy implementation. This variation delivers clean identification of the policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012312986
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Breaks and breakouts : explaining the persistence of Covid-19
Arnarson, Björn Thor - 2021 - This version: February 1, 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012436825