of the plague of 1896 and influenza epidemic of 1918. During the COVID-19 pandemic too, the state experienced the highest …The state of Maharashtra and the city of Mumbai have been referred to as the epidemic epicentre of India since the time … paper engages with the subnational state's capacity, legitimacy, and authority in managing the pandemic. The paper …

more generally. Using a novel dataset that provides information on spatial variation in Plague mortality at the city level … population returns to high-mortality locations endowed with more rural and urban fixed factors of production. Land suitability …

We present results on the mortality statistics of the COVID-19 epidemic in a number of countries. Our data analysis … inhabitants, a pattern emerges in which the Western countries exhibit the largest mortality rate. Furthermore, comparing the … population, a main reason behind the relatively more severe COVID-19 epidemic in the Western countries is found to be their …

pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional …This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 … June 2020, the pandemic (and the observed private and policy responses) has generated at least 68 million additional …

besides 1918 Spanish Influenza, especially milder pandemic episodes. These gaps are a consequence of academics working in …