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Covid-19 vaccine efficacy and Russian public support for anti-pandemic measures
(05.07.2021)
BOFIT Discussion Papers 09/2021
BOFIT Discussion Papers 09/2021
In this study, we use random assignment of vignettes that feature optimistic and pessimistic scenarios with respect to vaccine safety and efficacy on a sample of roughly 1,600 Russians in order to gauge public support for ...
Modern pandemics : Recession and recovery
(03.07.2020)
BOFIT Discussion Papers 16/2020
BOFIT Discussion Papers 16/2020
We examine the immediate effects and bounce-back from six modern health crises: 1968 Flu, SARS (2003), H1N1 (2009), MERS (2012), Ebola (2014), and Zika (2016). Time-series models for a large cross-section of countries ...
The political scar of epidemics
(27.06.2020)
BOFIT Discussion Papers 14/2020
BOFIT Discussion Papers 14/2020
What will be political legacy of the Coronavirus pandemic? We find that epidemic exposure in an individual’s “impressionable years” (ages 18 to 25) has a persistent negative effect on confidence in political institutions ...
Combating the COVID-19 pandemic : The role of the SARS imprint
(30.06.2020)
BOFIT Discussion Papers 15/2020
BOFIT Discussion Papers 15/2020
This paper documents a strong delayed response to COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV2 virus in countries that did not encounter the SARS disease in 2003. The SARS outbreak was caused by a similar virus, SARS-CoV-1. ...
Epidemic exposure, financial technology, and the digital divide
(28.09.2021)
BOFIT Discussion Papers 13/2021
BOFIT Discussion Papers 13/2021
We ask whether epidemic exposure leads to a shift in financial technology usage and who participates in this shift. We exploit a dataset combining Gallup World Polls and Global Findex surveys for some 250,000 individuals ...
Trade collapse during the covid-19 crisis and the role of demand composition
(21.09.2021)
BOFIT Discussion Papers 12/2021
BOFIT Discussion Papers 12/2021
We examine the role of demand composition in explaining the trade collapse and recovery during the ongoing covid-19 crisis. We apply an import-intensity-adjusted measure of demand to examineimport trends in 40 advanced and ...
The People's Bank of China's response to the coronavirus pandemic - A quantitative assessment
(31.05.2020)
BOFIT Discussion Papers 12/2020
BOFIT Discussion Papers 12/2020
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has taken numerous measures to cushion the impacts of the COVID-19 health crisis on the Chinese economy. As the current monetary policy framework features a multi-instrument mix of liquidity ...