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Polarized politics of pandemic response and the Covid-19 connectedness across the U.S. states

Akovalı, Umut; Yılmaz, Kamil - 2020

This paper investigates the state-level differences in government and community responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to different growth trajectories of Covid-19 cases and their connectedness across the U.S. states. Our regression analysis shows that higher growth trajectories are...

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When the Contagion Effect Went Live : The First Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Esposito, Lorenzo; Mastromatteo, Giuseppe - 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed world history and sparked a huge debate among social scientists. In this work, we …

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Can Innovation Save Us? Understanding the Role of Innovation in Mitigating the COVID-19 Pandemic in ASEAN-5 Economies

Layos, Joshua; Peña, Paul John - 2020

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic raises the question of whether innovation can save humanity. Indeed, as it … levels of innovation remain high on the world rankings on new cases and deaths while countries considered relatively lower in … innovation are not. We test the relationship between innovation systems and the ability of its pre-epidemic state to address the …

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Discrimination Today - The Dangers of Pariah-tizing the Elderly during the COVID Pandemic

Billauer, Barbara Pfeffer - 2022

infections in younger ages. This discriminatory policy against the elderly – increased lockdowns and suggestions that vaccination …

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Lessons Learned from COVID-19 to Face Next Pandemic Crisis

Coccia, Mario - 2023

This study suggests that the next infectious diseases similar to COVID-19 is the effects of main factors associated with high population growth, polluting industrialization, climate change, environmental pollution and in particular the change of the interrelationship between humans, fauna and...

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Beyond Covid : pandemics and the economics of aging and longevity

Strulik, Holger; Grossmann, Volker - 2024

In this paper, we examine the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on individual aging and longevity with special focus on socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes. We also explore the individual-specific effects of Long Covid. We develop and calibrate a health economic model based on principles...

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COVID-19 Pandemic and Global Corporate CDS Spreads

Hasan, Iftekhar; Marra, Miriam; To, Thomas Y.; Wu, Eliza; … - 2021

We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CDS spreads of companies around the world. We find that the pandemic …

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Global Financial Crisis, COVID-19, Lockdown, and Herd Behavior in the US ESG Leader Stocks

Rubbaniy, Ghulame; Ali, Shoaib; Siriopoulos, Costas; … - 2021

Using data of the constituents of the MSCI USA ESG leader index, this study investigates the herding behavior in the US ESG stocks over the period from January 03, 2007 to September 30, 2020. Our results reveal a significant herding behavior in the US ESG leader stocks. Our findings also show...

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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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Interpreting, analysing and modelling COVID-19 mortality data

Sornette, Didier; Mearns, Euan; Schatz, Michael; Wu, Ke; … - 2020

We present results on the mortality statistics of the COVID-19 epidemic in a number of countries. Our data analysis … population, a main reason behind the relatively more severe COVID-19 epidemic in the Western countries is found to be their … close to the end of the epidemic from those that are still in the middle of it. This raises many questions in terms of …

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