We examine the effect of internet diffusion on the uptake of an important public health intervention: the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. We study England between 2000 and 2011 when internet diffusion spread rapidly and there was a high profile medical article (falsely) linking the MMR...

Purpose The main purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the general population in Bangladesh and the role of misinformation in this process. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was conducted to assess COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among...

Since its outbreak, Covid-19 has led to upsurge in economic inactivity, leaving many households and firms without access to and use of basic services including financial services. Specifically, with the lockdown and curfew, most traditional bank branches remained closed, leaving households...

Even when-objectively speaking-death is on the line, partisan bias still colors beliefs about facts. We use data on internet searches as well as proprietary data on county-level average daily travel distance and visits to non-essential businesses from a large sample of U.S. smartphones at the...

The purpose of this Special Issue is to show progress regarding current research and literature on the theme of "Current Trends in Tourism under COVID-19 and Future Implications for Sustainability". In particular, this Special Issue of the peer-reviewed international journal Sustainability...