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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...

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Global spread and socio-economic determinants of Covid-19 pandemic

Jain, Varinder; Singh, Lakhwinder - In: Seoul journal of economics : SJE 33 (2020) 4, pp. 561-600

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The COVID-19 pandemic's effects on voter turnout

Picchio, Matteo; Santolini, Raffaella - 2021

exploiting the variation among municipalities in the intensity of the COVID-19 outbreak as measured by the mortality rate among … the elderly. We find that a 1 percentage point increase in the elderly mortality rate decreased the voter turnout by 0 …

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The COVID-19 pandemic's effects on voter turnout

Picchio, Matteo; Santolini, Raffaella - 2021

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Detecting space-time clusters of COVID-19 in Brazil : mortality, inequality, socioeconomic vulnerability, and the relative risk of the disease in Brazilian municipalities

Martines, M. R.; Ferreira, R. V.; Toppa, R. H.; … - In: Journal of geographical systems : geographical … 23 (2021) 1, pp. 7-36

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Understanding the heterogeneity of Covid-19 deaths and contagions : the role of air pollution and lockdown decisions

Becchetti, Leonardo; Conzo, Gianluigi; Conzo, Pierluigi; … - 2020 - This version: June 23, 2020

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COVID-19 mortality in rich and poor countries : a tale of two pandemics?

Schellekens, Philip; Sourrouille, Diego - 2020

, despite the extensive spread of the virus, the mortality toll remains highly concentrated in high-income countries. Developing …

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Pandemic meets pollution: poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19

Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020

We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...

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Pandemics and asymmetric shocks : evidence from the history of plaguein Europe and the Mediterranean

Alfani, Guido - 2020

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COVID-19 lockdowns and decline in traffic related deaths and injuries

Oguzoglu, Umut - 2020

This paper investigates the decline in traffic accidents, fatalities and injuries during the months that COVID-19 stay-at-home orders implemented in Turkey. Taking into account the decline in accidents in March and April together, these rates roughly translate to 200 traffic related deaths and...

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