• To contain the COVID-19 pandemic most countries imposed stringent lockdowns➢
Meanwhile, economic activity contracted very sharply• Against this backdrop, this chapter …

Countries worldwide have implemented lockdown measures to contain the COVID-19
pandemic. After more than three months of restrictions to economic activities in many …

The first death from the coronavirus, on January 11th 2020, was a 61-year-old man in China
who had purchased goods from a seafood market. In the middle of May 2020, a few months …

Using high-frequency proxies for economic activity over a large sample of countries, we
show that the economic crisis during the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic was …

The COVID-19 pandemic has produced a global health and economic crisis. The entire
world has faced a trade-off between health and recessionary effects. This paper investigates …

Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, countries on the same pandemic trajectory have
adopted very different lockdown strategies. Using data for over 132 countries, and …

This paper analyzes how longer and shorter period of national lockdown during the first
wave of COVID-19 can affect public health and economy of nations. Results show that a) …

An examination of over 100 Covid-19 studies reveals that many relied on false assumptions
that over-estimated the benefits and under-estimated the costs of lockdown. The most recent …

We examine the period of national lockdown beginning in March 2020 using an integrated
epidemiological-econometric framework in which health and economic outcomes are jointly …

In trying to limit the spread of COVID-19, policymakers globally have the difficult task of
balancing the positive health effects of lockdowns against their economic costs, particularly …