Category: COVID-19
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Policy lessons from the pandemic
How well did non pharmaceutical interventions work? Why economists and epidemiologists made divergent policy recommendations?
The economics of vaccines
Can vaccine passports reduce hesitancy? What are the economic costs of inequitable global vaccine distribution.
What will happen to the excess household savings?
COVID-19 led to a significant increase in household savings: how will these savings be used?
Thoughts on the post COVID-19 economy
Will consumption rebound stronger in the US or Europe? What are the risks of rising leverage? Will there be a spike in inflation?
Interesting new COVID-19 related research
What are the parallels between these post-war disease episodes and COVID-19? Did COVID-19 increase inequality?
“Vaccines for people” or “free market vaccines”?
Two diametrically opposed views on how the vaccines should be distributed from Mazzucato et al. and Cochrane.
Tracking the economic impact of COVID-19 with unconventional data
Economists use machine learning, big data as well as “alternative data” to gauge COVID’s impact on stock returns, expenditure patterns and, firm closures.